Illegal immigration has been a continuing problem in which many people have offered solutions; some have worked better than others. Secure Communities is a program that was implemented in 2008 and has caused serious controversy because of the mandatory nature of the new program policy. This paper will review an article called Federal immigration enforcement is mandatory, memo says. In addition, the pros, cons, and various implications will be reviewed. Article Summary A program in 2008 called Secure Communities was launched with the purpose of focusing on illegal immigration of “serious convicted criminals” (Esquivel, 2012, p. 1). In this program, the FBI shares fingerprints from county jails with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Some local leaders and state leaders found that many immigrants that are caught in the system did not have any criminal records or they had low-level offences (Esquivel, 2012). When the program was first created, federal officials, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, and Assistant Attorney General Ronald Welch said that state and local officials could get out of the program. Three states opted out or suspended their participation. Two years have passed since the Secure Communities program was implemented to enforce immigration law. Recently, a memo written on October 2, 2010 was released to the public that stated law enforcement agencies that did not want to participate or wanted limited participation with the program would no longer be able to make that decision because the program is mandatory. The information-sharing process is going to be streamlined and some other aspects that would allow states to opt out are going to be eliminated, making the program essentially “mand... ... middle of paper ... ... in the middle, community policing is affected, and people are afraid to report crimes. The biggest apparent issue is the inability to opt out of the program, since it will be mandatory in 2013. Works Cited Esquivel, P. (2012, January 8). Federal immigration enforcement is mandatory, memo says. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved from http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jan/08/local/la-me-ice-foia-20120109 Preston, J. (2011, June 6). Immigration program is rejected by third state. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/07/us/politics/07immig.html?_r=1 The New York Times. (2012, March 12). Immigration and Emigration. Retrieved from http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/i/immigration-and-emigration/index.html U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). (2012). Secure Communities. Retrieved from http://www.ice.gov/secure_communities/
The article by Rob Guerette is a case study involving the widely-reported increase of immigration into the United States. It tackles migration issues as well as related issues such as border security , security initiatives by individuals.. The article also provides in-depth research about the impact of illegal immigration into the United States including migrant deaths, deaths of non-migrants at the border, border security and the challenges faced by United States border patrol officers. The main purpose of the article was to provide an explanation as to whether the Border Patrol has any effect in saving the lives of people attempting to enter into the United States (Guerette, 2007).
Hennessey, Kathleen and Brian Bennett. "Obama urged to reduce deportations; Immigration reform advocates push the president to take executive action, or risk losing Latino voters' support." Los Angeles Times 8 March 2014: A.7.
Home Land security statistics on immigration verifies that there are approximately 11 million illegal immigrants who reside in the United States. In Arizona, there is an estimate of 460,000 unauthorized immigrants in 2009. (United States). Arizona borders with Mexico and it is implied that the majority of the illegal immigrants are of a Mexican background. These figures are understandable disturbing to Arizona’s local government primarily and the nation as a whole. The large influx of illegal immigrants is causing severe economic and social problems. Prisons, schools, and hospitals are the institutions that receive the direct blows of the state’s immigration problems. For these reasons, law makers in the State of Arizona justify their new “suspicious” immigration law (Matthews Mark K).
Being a U.S. citizen thirty-nine years old or younger with a valid driver’s license, no prior criminal convictions, minimum vision and hearing functionality, and the ability to perform strenuous physical activity—these are just a few of the qualifications that border patrol officers must possess as those responsible for guarding the border—the imaginary line that separates the United States from the neighboring countries (“Overview). The mission statement of this federal agency is “to detect and prevent the illegal entry of aliens into the United States” and yet to this day the inflow of illegal immigrants at the south western border continues to pose a problem, one that these officers have not been able to contain (“Overview”). Thousands of
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America’s government and homeland security should work together to prevent anymore illegal immigration and to come up with more effective laws on it.
...mployment and fake and fraud documentation etc. President Obama must also oppose the programs setting partnerships between local police and ICE.
The federal prosecutors along the nation’s southern border have come under pressure from politicians and from top officials in the Justice Department to pursue more cases against illegal immigrants. Not many politicians are suggesting the government prosecute everyone caught slipping across the border. Despite about 1 million immigrants stopped each year; however that will overwhelm the nation priso...
Local law enforcement officers swore to protect and serve all who live within the community without prejudice. They are capable of enforcing the local laws within the guidelines of the federal immigration law, with the trust of the city. Communication and partnership between all branches of the law, federal, state and local can be a positive force against illegal immigration. History has shown that there have been many assaults on our country. If local law enforcement intervened, besides given the rights to enforce immigration laws, there would be a noticeable decrease in terrorist; and criminal acts against our nation. Limiting local law enforcement from cooperating with the federal government is foolish because local law officers need to secure our community and protect the public safety. Mark Brnovich an American lawyer and is a politician from the state of Arizona and a supporter of local law enforcement enforcing immigration laws wrote an article "Advisory Model Policy for Law Enforcement Applying SB 1070 " by Mark Brnovich (2016). Brnovich supports and argues that local law enforcement policies and enforcing immigration don’t violate federal or state
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The initial difficulty in determining whether immigration to the United States constitutes a national security threat is determining what constitutes national security. Terms such as “national interest” and “national security” do not have a universally agreed-upon meaning. The term “security” covers a range of goals so wide that highly divergent policies can be interpreted as politics of security. (Wolfers December 1952) Traditional notions of national security are represented by theorists such as Hans J. Morgenthau for whom the national interest contained “. . . two elements, one that is logically required and in that sense necessary, and one that is variable and determined by circumstances” (Morgenthau December, 1952) The survival of the
The first major concern regarding the borders for the United States is illegal immigration. In January of 2000, the INS estimated that there were 7 million illegal immigrants in the United States with the number growing by about 500,000 a year. Under the Bush Administration, funding has increased along main entry points, displacing illegal immigrants points of entry into the country. Yet the increase has displaced immigration to rural immigration points, causing many every year to die from starvation and heat stroke. Despite the harsh conditions, immigration has grown rather th...
It has become common for political campaigns and media outlets to stress that immigration leads to higher crime. However, research does not always reveal this to be the case, with relatively few instances of higher crime rates being caused by immigration existing. The following essay will look at these situation; focusing on economically motivated crime, violent crime, crime committed against immigrants and crime committed by undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers. Ultimately, issues surrounding the labour market prevail as the primary driver behind crime caused by immigration, although even these mostly account for
One of the major issues surrounding border security is illegal immigration, “For the past two decades the United States, a country with a strong tradition of limited government, has been pursuing a widely popular initiative that requires one of the most ambitious expansions of government power in modern history: securing the nation’s borders against illegal immigration” (Alden, 2012). Many people are trying to enter the United States without the proper documentation and everyday they risk their lives and others just to make it across these borders. To avoid this law enforcement and other border security has threatened these illegal immigrants with detainment and arrest and different forms of punishment. In the efforts to deter the problem, it has been far beyond feasible because they still manage to get across and it does not change their intention...
One of the recommendations were that law enforcement agencies should develop and adopt policies and strategies that reinforce the importance of community engagement in managing public safety (pg. 42). Law enforcement agencies cannot reduce crime or prevent crimes or shootings by themselves. They need the community to step up and assist the officers throughout the community. The residents of the community are the key individuals to deter crime, the people in the neighborhoods see everything first hand. Another recommendation that all law enforcement agencies should enforce is that community policing should be a part of the business. It should be a must within the agencies mission statement. Community policing should not be a specialized unit that is designated to work with the community. Community policing should take place in each and every department or division; starting with the Chief’s office to the training division (pg. 43). An extremely important recommendation is that community policing requires that neighborhood residents to assist with public safety. Law enforcement officers should go out to civic leagues within the community to collaborate trying to find solutions that will provide results for the community and the law enforcement agencies (pg. 45). The Cincinnati’s community policing is ranked pretty high in the area. Officers are seen throughout the neighborhoods where homes are crumbling down, where the homeless population is hanging out on the streets. About 50 officers are dedicated to community-oriented policing duties (Shaffer,