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Secure Communities

Feb 22, 2017

Trump’s immigration crackdown puts the spotlight on Ducey, local police

Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigrants puts the spotlight on border governors like Doug Ducey, who must decide whether to fully cooperate with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and allow their state’s law enforcers to act as immigration agents.

More than 100 immigrants who are in this country illegally came to Washington to lobby lawmakers and demonstrate in front of The White House, asking President Obama to defer deportation of illegal immigrants. (Cronkite News Service photo by Emilie Eaton)
Jul 25, 2013

Immigrants bring fight to White House, demand end to deportations

Katherine Figueroa was 9 and watching television reports of a workplace raid in Phoenix when she saw video of her parents being hauled away by sheriff’s deputies.

Feb 1, 2012

The president of Arizonification

As President Obama reflects on his trip to Arizona on Jan. 25, he has some soul searching to do. In recent months, the President has displayed a schizophrenic approach to immigration as he attempts to straddle impossible opposites.

Jan 20, 2012

Napolitano tells sheriffs group that border security is a priority

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano defended the government’s decision to funnel most of a federal border-security grant program to the southern border, telling a national sheriffs group Thursday that the government is “very serious” about stopping illegal traffic.

Dec 15, 2011

Homeland Security cuts ties with Arpaio

The Department of Homeland Security is cutting ties with an Arizona sheriff accused of a wide range of civil right violations.

Oct 6, 2011

Napolitano confident more suspected criminals will be deported this year

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday that immigration officials expect another record-breaking number of deportations when the final numbers for fiscal 2011 are tallied.

Apr 28, 2011

Immigrants’ fingerprinting program under scrutiny

A California congresswoman asked on Thursday for an investigation of whether Homeland Security employees lied to the public, local governments and Congress about an immigration enforcement program known as Secure Communities.

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