This is something that should have been done years ago. Sadly, some cany-assed sheriffs, etc.. will probably ignore it but that may not be so easy.
Just do it.
The program, called "Secure Communities," gives local cops conducting standard FBI criminal-fingerprint checks access to suspects' immigration records - and sends a computer alert to the feds.
The pilot program is being tested in five counties in Texas and North Carolina and is expected to spread to 45 cities this spring.
It will expand nationwide within about four years, said Richard Rocha, an ICE spokesman.
He did not say when NYPD cops will be trained and equipped.
"It's not solely about immigration enforcement - it's truly about public safety and being able to remove criminals that are incarcerated," he said.
Julie Myers, a Homeland Security assistant secretary, said the new policy of ICE and the FBI sharing information with other law-enforcement agencies will help local cops identify immigrants who turn to crime and use fake identifications or Social Security numbers.
"We will revolutionize the process of identifying criminal aliens in custody," she said.
But Janis Rosheuvel, of the city's Families for Freedom, an immigrant-advocacy group, had several concerns.
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