Seven Democrats ask Brown to suspend California's participation in Secure Communities

Los Angeles Times ^ | June 11, 2011 | Paloma Esquivel

[moonshinner_09]

Members of California's congressional delegation called on Gov. Jerry Brown Friday to join three other states in suspending participation in a controversial federal immigration enforcement program.

The seven Democratic representatives acted after the Los Angeles City Council voted overwhelmingly this week to support legislation allowing local communities to opt out of the Secure Communities program and Sheriff Lee Baca, a strong proponent, qualified his support in a letter to immigrant activists.In recent weeks, governors in Illinois, New York and Massachusetts have sought to suspend or have declined to enter into Secure Communities participation agreements.

When it was launched in 2008, Secure Communities was touted as a way to target serious convicts for deportation. Under the program, the fingerprints of all arrestees booked into local jails are forwarded to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for screening.

But the program has come under fire from critics because a large percentage of those caught up in it are people who have been arrested but not subsequently convicted of a crime or are low-level offenders. Activists said the program discourages illegal immigrants from reporting crimes or cooperating with police investigations.

[moonshinner_09]

Why don't they just come out and say it, they are totally against arresting of illeagls.

[CitizenUSA]

The blue states seem to want to keep their illegals. So long as they are willing to pay for them, I hope they’re inundated with illegals from red states. Let the blue states go bankrupt and rot in the socialistic hell they so desire.

[blueunicorn6]

“The seven Democratic representatives acted”
I saw this! It was the Sock-Puppet Theater presentation of Romeo and Juliet.
“Romeo! Romeo! Wherefore art thou, Romeo?”
“Que pasa, mamacita?”
They’re up for a Tony award for best new musical.

[SECURE AMERICA]

Activists said the program discourages illegal immigrants from reporting crimes or cooperating with police investigations.

The criminal community (ILLEGAL immigrants)has always been reluctant to report crimes and cooperate with the police. That will never change..

[FlingWingFlyer]

The DemocRATS know that they are going to need every vote they can get in 2012. Deporting illegal aliens really cuts into their voter base.

[South40]

It's all part of the left's effort to destroy our sovereignty while handing over control to the illegal hordes who have infested this land. It's only a matter of time before these people are given the right to vote.

Liberals are inherently anti-American.

[RWGinger]

Thiais typical BS
“Activists said the program discourages illegal immigrants from reporting crimes or cooperating with police investigations.”

Don’t want to cooperae? Arrest them too.
We have LAWS.
or we used to

[Rome2000]

The red commie marxists running the socialist states have succeeded in getting us to call them "blue", and ourselves "red"

They laugh so hard they piss themselves every time we do it.

Until we solve that problem, there is nothing that the left thinks they cant get away with.

[Kozy]

You could opt out before the Bill was enacted. It’s too late now. You’re in for a pound now California, just do it.

[VeniVidiVici]

Republicans need to pull federal funds pertaining to law enforcement from going to states that rescind “Secure Communities”.

[HiJinx]

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