The following article was published in CT News Junkie. It is posted here with permission.
Racial Profiling Bill and Secure Communities Intersect
by Hugh McQuaid | May 17, 2012
The recently adopted racial profiling legislation that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is expected to sign may help the state assess the impact of the controversial federal “Secure Communities” immigration policy, according to the governor’s top criminal justice adviser.
The bill strengthens a law requiring police to report traffic stop data so that it can be analyzed by the state for evidence of racial profiling. But Michael P. Lawlor, the Office of Policy and Management’s head of criminal justice, said that analysis could also uncover misuse of a federal immigration policy.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Secure Communities program shares information and fingerprints collected by local police departments with the federal immigration and customs enforcement agency.
|
