The federal government is planning to expand nationwide an immigration records sharing program used in the District, Fairfax County and Prince William County.
Under the program, known as Secure Communities, local jails check arrestees’ fingerprints against biometrics-based immigration records held by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as well as criminal records held by the FBI.
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