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Secure Communities Formally Reinstated
DHS Secretary John Kelly issues implementing guidance reinstating the Secure Communities program that Obama had ended in 2014. The reinstatement effectively expands the fingerprint-sharing pipeline nationwide again, enabling ICE to lodge detainer requests on any individual booked into a local jail with any immigration violation.
Sources
- T1 DHS.gov — Kelly Memorandum, Jan 25, 2017 Official