Border Security, Homeland Security, & Now "Community Security"

The immigration system was badly broken before it became the purview of the Department of Homeland Security. But now that immigration is the...

Three Fundamental Problems with Secure Communities

(Conclusion of BorderLines series on Secure Communities.) Local jails could become a primary gateway for ICE’s detention and removal program...

Secure Communities Dragnet: Innocent or Guilty

(Part of a BorderLines series on ICE's Secure Communities Program.) Having one’s fingerprints on file does not necessarily mean that the...

The Criminal Alien Problem of Secure Communities

Central to the mission of Secure Communities is the removal of criminal aliens. It is not commonly understood in the immigration debate that...

Secure Communities Elevates Community Insecurity

Immigration enforcement and law enforcement have historically been separate government functions. Even at the federal level, there was littl...

Secure Communities Lacks Effective Prioritization

Secure Communities executive director David Venturella has assured Congress that the program will follow a “risk-based” approach. “We have ...

What's Wrong with Secure Communities?

Thus far Secure Communities has encountered no opposition in Congress and little public concern as it pushes its way into local law enforcem...

The Three Pillars of Securing Communities

As part of its new campaign to increase congressional funding for Secure Communities and to extend the program nationally, ICE has overhaule...

ICE's Expanding Mission: From Homeland Security to Community Security

The Department of Homeland Security has a bad case of mission creep. Created in the wake of Sept. 11 to better protect the country against a...