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1 results foundAuthor: Colorado. Governor's Working Group on Law Enforcement and Illegal Immigration Title: Report of the Governor's Working Group on Law Enforcement and Illegal Immigration: A Report to the Governor and Colorado General Assembly Summary: A panel of 31 specially recruited leaders from law enforcement, legal aid, human services, prosecution, criminal justice, and government agencies throughout Colorado met in six four-hour long sessions to examine current conditions in immigration and traffic law enforcement at the request of Governor Bill Ritter, Jr., following two tragic traffic crashes this year involving drivers who were living in the United States in violation of federal immigration laws. In the most recent incident the driver in a crash that resulted in the deaths of three people had been living in the country since childhood, providing a number of different aliases and residency claims to local law enforcement officers in a number of jurisdictions during his numerous contacts with law enforcement. In the course of the resulting investigation, officials learned he never had been licensed to drive. By all accounts, his true immigration status remained undiscovered until the fatal crash, due to his misrepresentations, to his ability to cast himself as a U.S. citizen and to federal immigration data systems that are not linked to criminal histories maintained by states and the FBI. At present, it is impossible for local police officers, sheriffs’ deputies and most State Patrol troopers to be able to verify immigration status of persons they normally encounter. Such a verification presently requires a separate request for a manual search of a federal database. In two states, a pilot project of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency called Secure Communities may help local law enforcement agencies overcome the existing limitations of data systems. Members of the panel want Colorado to explore the possibility of becoming a Secure Communities participating test site. The only other option available to local law enforcement agencies to obtain federal immigration status information is their participation in a program known as 287(g) authority. Participating in the 287(g) program, however, costs local agencies significant resources to train officers. It also severely reduces the ability of local police officers to work effectively in communities to solve crime and serve victims. When 287(g) authority is applied to county jail operations, some savings can be realized to counties, even though there are other resource issues associated with limited 287(g) authority. The decision whether to participate in the 287(g) program must remain with individual law enforcement agencies in Colorado. Immigration enforcement remains within the realm of federal law enforcement agencies. Local law enforcement agencies do not have the authority and cannot be expected to develop the complex technical expertise needed to enforce federal immigration law. Peace officers need better ways of verifying the identity of persons they encounter who do not have identification or who criminally misrepresent their identities. This report presents a number of recommendations and potential improvements that might help avoid the ability of a driver to take advantage of data system limitations. Some of these recommendations will require state and federal legislative changes, and others can be enacted administratively. Most of the legislative changes suggested by the panel involve improving definitions and refining existing statutes rather than creating new sections of state law. Details: Lakewood, CO: Colorado Department of Public Safety, 2008. 67p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed February 22, 2011 at: http://cdpsweb.state.co.us/immigration/documents/FINAL%20Report%202%20for%20Eservice.pdf Year: 2008 Country: United States URL: http://cdpsweb.state.co.us/immigration/documents/FINAL%20Report%202%20for%20Eservice.pdf Shelf Number: 120860 Keywords: Illegal Aliens (Colorado)Illegal ImmigrationTraffic Law Enforcement |