Enforcement works, Secure Communities program works: Fingerprint sharing led to deportation of 47,000
Associated Press
Fingerprint sharing led to deportation of 47,000
A rapidly expanding illegal immigration enforcement program has led to the deportation of 47,000 people over 18 months when the Homeland Security Department was sifting through millions of fingerprints taken at local jail bookings. — About one-quarter of those did not have criminal records and slightly less — about a fifth — had committed or were charged with what are categorized as the most serious crimes…