Secure Communities

Vigil to Protest Implementation of "Secure Communities"

Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Solemn vigil rejecting the implementation of "Secure Communities" in New Hampshire.  

Contact Information: 

Maggie Fogarty, (603) 224-2407

Email: 
mfogarty@afsc.org

Latest "Secure Communities" Changes Fail to Solve Program's Fundamental Flaws

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AFSC Signs Letter To Homeland Security

The American Friends Service Committee signed on to a letter to the House and Senate members of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security Appropriations. The letter asks members of the Subcommittee to cut or reduce funding of immigration detention and enforcement programs.

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Op-Ed: 'Secure Communities' deportation program breeds mistrust among immigrants

The following Op-ed was written by AFSC's Amy Gottlieb, program director of the Immigrant Rights Program in Newark. It was first published March 30, 2012  by NJ.com.

Joint Letter to the FBI's Advisory Policy Board Seeking an End to the Secure Communities program.

R. Scott Trent
CJIS Designated Federal Officer
Criminal Justice Information Services Division
Federal Bureau of Investigation
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20535-0001

Dear Mr. Trent,

AFSC Asks FBI to End Assistance to Secure Communities Program

The American Friends Service Committee has signed a joint letter to the FBI’s Advisory Policy Board seeking an end to the FBI’s facilitation of the deeply flawed Secure Communities program.  Under the program, local law enforcement and the FBI share fingerprinting data with the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agency.  ICE touts the program as a crime fighting tool. It is set to take effect across the country by 2013.

Iowa Catholic Sisters Kick Off Immigration Reform Campaign

Catholic sisters' billboard campaign for immigrant rights

Catholic sisters' billboard campaign for immigrant rights

This billboard on Ingersoll avenue in Des Moines is part of a Catholic sisters' campaign for immigrant rights in Iowa.

(Reprinted from a press release. For more info: http://www.facebook.com/catholicsisters)

Sandra Sanchez Talks with Sheriff Bill McCarthy about Secure Communities

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Sandra Sanchez Talks with Sheriff Bill McCarthy about Secure Communities

In this December 15, 2011 interview on La Reina radio, Sandra Sanchez, AFSC Iowa Immmigrants Voice Program Director, talks with Sheriff Bill McCarthy from Polk County Iowa about many of the problems with the so-called "Secure Communities" program.

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Forum: Defending Civil Liberties

Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Forum: Defending Civil Liberties Under Attack Topics include Islamaphobia, racial profiling, "Secure" communities, and the Formerly Incarcerated.  Free and open to the public 

Contact Information: 

www.ristopwar.org

Documents: 
Flyer for Forum on Civil Liberties July 27

Coloradans Decry Secure Communities, Ask Gov. Hickenlooper to Rescind Participation

Obama Administration’s Announced Tweaks to Secure Communities Fail to Address Ongoing Human and Civil Rights Abuses

Contact: Jennifer Piper, jpiper@afsc.org, 303.623.3464 ext. 5

Denver, CO -- (June 20, 2011) The Colorado office of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) rejects the Department of Homeland Security’s recently announced fruitless adjustments to address the overall failure of the Secure Communities Initiative and its continued civil and human rights abuses.

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