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Finally, and perhaps most ominously, state and local jails are not being given the option to participate in Secure Communities. The Department of Homeland Security considers their involvement mandatory. San Francisco, in fact, recently tried to “opt out” of the program, citing civil rights concerns. But California attorney general Jerry Brown, facing a climate of anti-immigrant sentiment, rebuffed that effort.

Finally, and perhaps most ominously, state and local jails are not being given the option to participate in Secure Communities. The Department of Homeland Security considers their involvement mandatory. San Francisco, in fact, recently tried to “opt out” of the program, citing civil rights concerns. But California attorney general Jerry Brown, facing a climate of anti-immigrant sentiment, rebuffed that effort.

In fact, largely out of public view, the White House has been fast-tracking Secure Communities. The program is currently operational in 169 jurisdictions, in 20 states, including Arizona. That makes the Obama administration’s criticism of Arizona’s new enforcement law seem all the more ironic.<ref> http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2010/0610/If-the-Arizona-immigration-law-is-misguided-so-is-Obama-s-criminal-alien-roundup-program </ref>

In fact, largely out of public view, the White House has been fast-tracking Secure Communities. The program is currently operational in 169 jurisdictions, in 20 states, including Arizona. That makes the Obama administration’s criticism of Arizona’s new enforcement law seem all the more ironic.<ref> http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2010/0610/If-the-Arizona-immigration-law-is-misguided-so-is-Obama-s-criminal-alien-roundup-program </ref>

== Mexico's immigration policy vs. Arizona Senate Bill 1070 ==

== Mexico's immigration policy vs. Arizona Senate Bill 1070 ==