ICE's Secure Communities activated in Washington, Montana
A federal program that uses fingerprint analysis to identify illegal immigrants in county jails has been activated in Washington state and Montana ahead of the 2013 nationwide rollout, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said.
SEATTLE — A federal program that uses fingerprint analysis to identify illegal immigrants in county jails has been activated in Washington state and Montana ahead of the 2013 nationwide rollout, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said.
The two states join another 32 states where the program known as Secure Communities has gone live statewide. More than 80 percent of the 3,181 jurisdictions needed to go national are now active, according to ICE.
"The nationwide rollout is happening and has been happening," said Andre Munoz, an ICE spokesman in Seattle. "The goal is to have nationwide activation no later than the end of 2013."
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