Immigration Crackdown: Undeterred by Government Reversal, Communities Keep Up Fight to Opt Out of Immigration Program

The conflict continues between local and federal officials over the Secure Communities program, which involves sharing fingerprint records, taken by local police, with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency .

Undeterred by Government Reversal, Communities Keep Up Fight to Opt Out of Immigration Program � The Washington Independent: "Local politicians and activists say Napolitiano’s statements have not deterred them from pushing back against Secure Communities, arguing that ICE cannot impose the program without their consent. In many cases, however, it already has: ICE signs a memorandum of understanding with state officials to agree to the program, and local communities are often only notified they are participating after it has already taken place. If guidelines for opting out turn out to be meaningless, critics of the program say, then ICE has misled the public." Oct. 8, 2010.