Responsibility and False Hope from Obama Administration

Responsibility. That’s been a central message of the Obama candidacy and presidency. After the Bush years of government irresponsibility, sp...

Border Bonanza: SBInet

(Second in "Era of Responsibility" on the Border series. First in the series: More Detention Beds .) President Obama’s economic st...

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 ...