Stop DC's "Secured Communities Program"

Submitted by andrewr on Wed, 03/17/2010 - 10:35am
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Date: 
Friday, March 19, 2010 - 10:45am
Location : 
DC

The DC Metropolitan Police Department has signed an agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to implement the FAILED “Secure Communities Program"

 

Urge the Council of the District of Columbia to demand for an IMMEDIATE halt to this FAILED program

 

Attend the DC MPD Oversight Hearing:

Date:                       FRIDAY March 19, 2010

Time:                  10:45 AM (gathering time)

Location:               Wilson Building

1350 Pennsylvania Ave., NW,

ROOM 500

Washington, DC 20004

Real Community Safety, YES!          Fear and Criminalization, No! 

*  In November 2009, the DC Metropolitan Police Department signed an agreement to forward fingerprint information of arrested individuals (U.S. Citizen and Non-U.S. Citizens) to a database that will notify Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) about the arrestee’s immigration status regardless whether the person is guilty or innocent or the arrest is later deemed unlawful. The program is antithetical to community policing and the core promise of our justice system.

For more information contact: Sarahi Uribe (202)285-9673  sarahi@ndlon.org

Sponsored by: The Latino Federation, DC Jobs with Justice, Empower DC, Latino Action Coalition of DC, National Capitol ACLU, Different Avenues, National Day Laborer Organizing Network, Rights Working Group, DC Latino Caucus, The Latino Association of Mt Pleasant, Mil Mujeres Legal Services, Mary’s Center for Maternal and Child Care, CARECEN, DC Trans Coalition, Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition and over 100 community and civil rights organizations