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* California assemblyman Tom Ammiano (see the link) says [2]:
"Today’s announcement by ICE is simply window dressing. How many more innocent people have to be swept up by the ironically named Secure Communities program before the Obama administration will change course? Talking about the need for comprehensive immigration reform is not an excuse for continuing with a flawed, unjust program...
California state Assemblyman Tom Ammiano [1] has introduced a bill [2] that seeks to hamper the Department of Homeland Security's Secure Communities program in California. That program is Janet Napolitano's answer to 287g: those who are booked into local jails are checked to see if they're deportable. Illegal immigration fans complain that the program catches mostly non-criminals.
Under Ammiano's...
... sight:
[Bill author, supervisor Tom Ammiano] said banking institutions in San Francisco have signaled their willingness to accept the municipal ID card for the purpose of setting up accounts. He noted that people without bank accounts are frequently more vulnerable to theft and robbery.
Officials with the city's Bank on San Francisco program, which helps people obtain bank accounts, said...
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San Francisco Supervisor Tom Ammiano is drafting legislation to create a city identification card for immigrants unable to get traditional ID cards, a move likely to anger advocates of tougher immigration enforcement.
The cards would be accepted by all city agencies and organizations that receive city funding. Ammiano plans to introduce the legislation within a couple of weeks. He...