Free computer program lets students search for alien life
Free computer program lets students search for alien life
By: Matthew Albright Professor offers extra credit for download In Aaron Vavrek’s dorm room, the universe is exploding. On his laptop, which looks like any of the thousands of other unassuming laptops in most dorms on campus, stars are wheeling in long, loose arcs across the screen. Thin red, blue and green l…
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Our view: I.D. program helps border security
Our view: I.D. program helps border security
It just makes sense for federal immigration officials to have access to the fingerprints of jail inmates in all 25 counties along the Mexican border.
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‘Secure Communities’ program seeks ‘criminal aliens’
‘Secure Communities’ program seeks ‘criminal aliens’
A federal immigration enforcement program is picking up steam. The Secure Communities program screens inmates’ fingerprints to see if they are in the country illegally and if they have criminal records. A total of 47,000 people were deported in the last 18 months after their fingerprints were checked. Ice says about half of the immigrants they’ve deported so far this year were convicted …
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Fingerprint program targets illegal aliens
Fingerprint program targets illegal aliens
The Secure Communities program may end up having a bigger impact than Arizona’s new law.
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Orange Co. joins ICE program to enhance ID, removal of criminal aliens
Orange Co. joins ICE program to enhance ID, removal of criminal aliens
HOUSTON – From ICE – On Tuesday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) began using a new biometric information sharing capability in 16 additional southeast Texas counties that assists federal immigration officials to identify aliens, both lawfully and unlawfully present in the United States, who are booked into local law enforcement’s custody for a crime.
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Federal immigrant tracking program spreads throughout Virginia
Federal immigrant tracking program spreads throughout Virginia
The federal government has expanded its immigration record-sharing program throughout Virginia in an effort to ensure illegal immigrants are identified if they land in local jails.
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