The conflict is growing between local jurisdictions and the federal government over the Secure Communities program. The locals don't see it as increasing their security but as damaging police-community relations when they make any undocumented immigrant they arrest vulnerable to deportation.
Forced Into Immigration Enforcement, A County Considers Plan B: "(C)ounties that feel forced into the data-sharing partnership called Secure Communities are exploring ways to avoid them. A key place to watch is Santa Clara, a California county of 1.8 million, where a third of residents are foreign-born." Oct. 20, 2010, Huffington Post
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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