THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TAKES ARREST DATA OF IMMIGRANTS.
Written by U.S Immigration News Monday, 04 June 2012 20:29
The Feds will begin using fingerprints from NYPD arrests to round up illegal immigrants, despite objections from Governor Cuomo and other New York city officials. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials told the NYPD and other local police departments in New York that the controversial Secure Communities program will be activated across the state. The program is already running- feeding fingerprint information from the local police to Homeland Security through the FBI.
Last June, Gov. Cuomo unsuccessfully tried to pull New York from the program, which the Feds initially characterized as voluntary, but Homeland Security officials now say it is mandatory. ICE calls Secure Communities their “single most valuable tool” to find and deport dangerous criminals.
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FRANCE DEPORTS ISLAMIC RADICALS.
Written by U.S Immigration News Saturday, 05 May 2012 21:46
French Interior Ministry announced that it has deported two muslims and plans to expel more in a crackdown after the killing of seven Jewish people by a suspected extremist. A statement by Interior Minister Claude Gueant said the moves were part of “an acceleration of the deportation procedures of foreign Islamic radicals.”
An Islamic militant from Algeria who was involved in the 1994 attacks in Marrakech, Morocco, was sent to his home country, the statement said. In addition, a Malian Imam was returned to his home country for sermons promoting anti-Semitism and rejection of the
West, he said. Deportation proceedings have also started or are planned against three others: They are an Imam...