Arlington County can’t drop out of a new federal immigration enforcement program that requires local police to check the immigration status of people they arrest and that the county fears will undermine community support for the police.
The Secure Communities program, run by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, requires local communities to check the fingerprints of criminal suspects against FBI and Homeland Security databases to determine if they’re in the country illegally.
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