"ICE officers using program to control criminal immigrants"
Stephen Wall, Staff Writer
Posted: 04/13/2010 05:58:14 PM PDT
The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department and federal immigration authorities have another tool to keep dangerous criminal immigrants off the streets.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers on Tuesday began using information-sharing technology that modernizes the process to accurately identify immigrants arrested for crimes in this country.
The program, known as Secure Communities, allows ICE to automatically check criminal and immigration records of everyone booked into custody.
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