Massachusetts: Regional GOP reps unite against Gov. Deval Patrick; Immigrant Checks Urged

Massachusetts: Regional GOP reps unite against Gov. Deval Patrick; Immigrant Checks Urged...Over a dozen Central Massachusetts Republicans today began organizing opposition to Gov. Deval L. Patrick's decision not to join the federal Secure Communities program that deports illegal aliens accused of crimes...One local Republican representative argued all immigrants, legal or illegal, without proper papers or documents should be deported(AGREE!!!!!!)"If they are here illegally, they have committed a crime,"..."My philosophy is a little different," Mr. Fattman said. He said he believes all illegal ALIENS should be deported, including the children of ILLEGAL ALIENS who came with their parents to the U.S.(AGREE!)

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Massachusetts: US government will force the state of Massachusetts to join Secure Communities Program

Massachusetts: US government will force the state of Massachusetts to join Secure Communities Program...The US government will force the state of Massachusetts to join a controversial federal program to detect and deport illegal aliens, despite Governor Deval Patrick’s refusal to endorse it, a senior Homeland Security official said yesterday. Patrick’s rejection of the Secure Communities program yesterday can do little, if anything, to impede the program from expanding statewide by 2013, said the official, who has direct knowledge of the program but spoke on the condition of anonymity because he did not have clearance to speak for the agency. The data-sharing systems the program relies upon are already in place, the official said, and the governor has no legal standing to block their use. (what about California and Illinois???)

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/06/07/us_overrules_patrick_on_immigration/

Boston, Massachusetts: Gov. Deval Patrick refuses to sign immigration program/Secure Communities

Boston, Massachusetts: Gov. Deval Patrick refuses to sign immigration program/Secure Communities...A backpedaling Gov. Deval Patrick refused to sign onto a national security program ALREADY IN PLACE in Boston -- that would target illegal aliens who have already been arrested, citing concerns about its effectiveness and potential for racial profiling.

http://bostonherald.com/news/politics/view.bg?articleid=1343473

Waltham, Massachusetts: State officials are hosting another community meeting on Secure Communities

Waltham, Massachusetts: State officials are hosting another community meeting with immigrant advocates over a controversial Secure Communities that checks the immigration status of people who are arrested. Immigrant advocates complain to Gov. Deval Patrick over his plans to join the federal program allows arrestees' fingerprint info to be checked against FBI criminal history records and biometrics-based immigration records kept by the DHS.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/04/16/another_event_planned_on_mass_immigration_checks/