D.C. to help U.S. identify illegal immigrants in jail

The Washington Post ^ | 13 Nov 2009 | N.C. Aizenman

[BGHater]

Federal program checks fingerprints of local crime suspects

D.C. police will be the next department to take part in a federal program whose ultimate aim is to check the immigration status of every person booked into a local jail, homeland security officials announced Thursday.

The program, known as Secure Communities, matches inmates' fingerprints against a federal database so that federal authorities can identify and possibly remove deportable illegal immigrants before they are released from custody.

Similar checks are done at all 1,200 federal and state prisons. But authorities have lacked the ability to do them across the nation's 3,100 local jails.

The Bush administration launched the program as a pilot project in October 2008, and it is being expanded under President Obama as part of an effort to focus enforcement on illegal immigrants who commit crimes, rather than those who otherwise obey the law.

"We're excited," said Kevin Palmer, a D.C. police spokesman. "It's going to enable our officers to have real-time information about the individuals they have in custody and to help facilitate the removal of dangerous felons from our communities."

Fairfax County is one of 95 jurisdictions that participate in Secure Communities, which differs from a national program that deputizes local police to question suspects about their immigration status. Several county police departments in Northern Virginia and Maryland participate in that program.

Similarly, Montgomery County police provide immigration authorities with the name of anyone arrested for a violent crime or handgun violation.

[BGHater]

‘Homeland Security officials announced Thursday that the program had identified in its first year more than 111,000 criminal illegal immigrants in local custody.’

Dam, and that’s only in 95 jurisdictions.

[umgud]

This seems out of character for DC to take part in.

[gubamyster]

ping

[org.whodat]

so that federal authorities can identify and possibly remove deportable illegal immigrants before they are released from custody.

All illegals are deportable fools. More selective law enforcement.

[Rembrandt]

Janet Napolitano will put an end to this as soon as s/he becomes aware of it.

[La Lydia]

There have been some criminal “incidents” in DC that pushed them over the line. DC is so PC, this is a MAJOR CHANGE OF ATTITUDE.

[AuntB]

“‘Homeland Security officials announced Thursday that the program had identified in its first year more than 111,000 criminal illegal immigrants in local custody.’

Dam, and that’s only in 95 jurisdictions.”

And most of them never identify the perps as illegal aliens...here’s one from yesterday in my old home town...not a mention of ‘alien’ until you look at the jail records...4 brothers who raped a 13 year old (only 2 caught so far)....

RAMOS-SOC,JOSE LUIS 00120385
Arrest Agency Charge Bail Lodging Date Release Date
MFP RAPE 2 $50,000.00 11/01/2009
MFP ILL ALIEN No Bail 11/01/2009
MFP RAPE 2 $0.00 11/01/2009

RAMOS-SOC,ROLANDO EDUARDO 00120384
Arrest Agency Charge Bail Lodging Date Release Date
MFP RAPE 2 $50,000.00 11/01/2009
MFP ILL ALIEN No Bail 11/01/2009

And in the same small Oregon county jail, a few more illegal aliens....not listed are many anchor baby criminals lodged also:

http://web.jacksoncounty.org/Jail/Index.aspx?Character=C

REYES-ESCOBEDO,JOSE

ALDANA-RAMIREZ,OSCAR HUMBERTO

CALDERON,MAYNOR

CASTILLO-SOLANO,JAVIER

DIMAS-ORTIZ,RIGOBERTO

HERNANDEZ-MORALES,BENJAMIN

JUAREZ-LEON,JOSE

MACHADO-JUAREZ,JORGE

MARTINEZ-RIVAS,GUILLERMO

PEREZ-SILVA,JOSE (murder)

PONCE-RODRIGUEZ,LOUIS

REYES-ESCOBEDO,JOSE

VALLE-CORTES,JOSE

VARGAS,ALBERT JEMENEZ