To: Governor Andrew Cuomo
Ask Governor Cuomo to rescind (In)Secure Communities
Dear Governor Cuomo,
We Don’t Want ICE and S-Comm in New York State:
We ask that NY State immediately rescind the Memorandum of Agreement signed with ICE approving the Secure Communities Program, in which local law enforcement sends fingerprints of arrestees to the Department of Homeland Security.
We Don’t Want ICE and S-Comm in New York State:
We ask that NY State immediately rescind the Memorandum of Agreement signed with ICE approving the Secure Communities Program, in which local law enforcement sends fingerprints of arrestees to the Department of Homeland Security.
Why is this important?
The so-called Secure Communities program is an immigration enforcement tool between Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and New York State. It requires police to fingerprint all persons processed and to send the prints to ICE. This leads to an increase in the deportation of non-criminal immigrants and tears families apart. It undermines trust in the police and makes us less safe. Gov. Cuomo should rescind the agreement.