LEGAL 391U Lecture Notes - Wbur-Fm
19 May 2014
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By bianca v zquez toness may 9, 2012 updated may 09, 8:48 am. Deval patrick and boston mayor thomas menino, secure communities, a controversial federal immigration program, will expand next week in massachusetts. Once the program is put into place, if you are arrested and fingerprinted, your fingerprints will automatically be forwarded to immigration and customs enforcement. Currently, fingerprints are only entered into the fbi"s database. Implementation of the program will have no practical effect on how we handle fingerprints and information sharing here, said terrell harris, a spokesman for massachusetts" executive office of public safety. We already send all fingerprints to the federal government and have been doing so for years. That practice will continue so we can protect public safety and meet our local law enforcement needs. But ask some sheriffs and they say sharing information will enhance their ability to catch criminals, especially criminals who are in the country illegally.
