AMB editor's note: the suggested change in this Florida bill would seem to put it within the realm of implementing the federal Secure Communities program, in which fingerprints of arrestees are sent via the FBI to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Lawmaker Dials Down Rhetoric in Immigration Talks: "The Legislature’s point man on immigration retreated substantially from an Arizona-style proposal Thursday, raising the possibility that law enforcement officers could only check a person’s immigrant status if he or she is being investigated for criminal wrongdoing."
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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