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U.S. to Check Immigration Status of People in Local Jails: Obama Administration's Enforcement Push Could Lead to Sharp Increase in Deportation Cases

Date: May 19, 2009

Author: Spencer S. Hsu

QUOTE: The Obama administration is expanding a program initiated by President George W. Bush aimed at checking the immigration status of virtually every person booked into local jails....By matching inmates' fingerprints to federal immigration databases, authorities hope to pinpoint deportable illegal immigrants before they are released from custody.

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Key People:

• Gov. Janet Napolitano
• Jessica Vaughan
• Rep. David E. Price
• David J. Venturella
• Rep. Lamar Smith
• Julie Myers Wood

Key Organizations:

• Amnesty International USA
• Center for Immigration Studies (CIS)
• Center for International Policy (CIP)
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
• Migration Policy Institute (MPI)
• Washington Post Newspaper

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• North America
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