Holmes: 'Secure Communities' and immigration politics - Framingham, MA - The MetroWest Daily News: "(Gov. Duvall Patrick's decision not to sign the (Secure Communities) memorandum of agreement probably won't change a thing. State leaders have gotten conflicting information about the program from ICE and Homeland Security, but Mary Beth Heffernan, Massachusetts Secretary of Public Safety, said eventually ICE will get all the fingerprints it wants. A direct computer link is in the works, connecting ICE with the FBI, and when it is completed, ICE won't need any help from state or local police.
So what's all the fuss about? The politics of immigration.
It's no coincidence that the governors who are rejecting Secure Communities are Democrats interested in the support of immigrants and those who advocate for them. Or that those who like the program, and who applaud the fact that ICE is deporting thousands of immigrants who have committed no crime, lean to the right."
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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