Attorney General Jerry Brown Jr. declined San Francisco Sheriff Michael Hennessey’s request to allow the county to opt out of the Secure Communities. The federal program which matches fingerprints of arrestees to criminal and immigration databases will be implemented nationwide by 2013. Currently, the program is in 179 counties in 20 states. “In these matters, statewide uniformity makes sense,” Brown wrote. “This is not simply a local issue. Many of the people booked... Read More