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Colorlines: 50,000 Deported From County Jails, And Counting
Submitted by Southern Shift on Thu, 2010-08-12 06:31 Authored by Seth Freed Wessler of Colorlines Original Article
Colorlines: A rapidly expanding federal program that checks the immigration statuses of anyone booked into state and local jails is creating SB 1070 like conditions all over the country, according to recently obtained data.
The program, called Secure Communities, sends Immigration and Custom’s Enforcement (ICE) information on anyone in police custody. So far, it’s resulted in almost 50,000 deportations.
