A 2-year-old Department of Homeland Security program deported 392,000 foreign nationals in the past 12 months. Dallas-based immigration attorney Stewart Rabinowitz<\/a> of the firm Rabinowitz & Rabinowitz<\/a> weighs in on the pitfalls of the program.<\/p>\n The program, Secure Communities, allows U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (\u201cICE\u201d) to examine detainee fingerprints sent from local law enforcement agencies. ICE searches for a fingerprint match in the Department of Homeland Security databases, which contains data on both lawful and unlawful foreign nationals. ICE then makes a determination whether to initiate removal proceedings.<\/p>\n Opponents of the program argue that it is open to abuse because an individual\u2019s immigration history is investigated regardless of the crime.<\/p>\n \u201cThis leaves the door open to a pretext arrest of a person whom the police believe looks like an illegal immigrant,\u201d said Dallas-based immigration attorney Stewart Rabinowitz of Rabinowitz & Rabinowitz<\/a>, P.C. \u201cIf the police are correct, ICE will detain and remove the (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A 2-year-old Department of Homeland Security program deported 392,000 foreign nationals in the past 12 months. Dallas-based immigration attorney Stewart Rabinowitz of the firm Rabinowitz & Rabinowitz weighs in on the pitfalls of the program. The program, Secure Communities, allows…<\/span><\/p>\n