ThirdFactor | DHS program identifies more than 100,000 criminal aliens

Friday, November 13, 2009

Janet Napolitano, secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and John Morton, assistant secretary of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), have announced that ICE’s Secure Communities initiative has identified more than 111,000 aliens criminal aliens in its first year. The Secure Communities initiative is a partnership between ICE, DHS, state and local law enforcement agencies that, through biometric identification, identifies and deports criminal aliens in the U.S.

The two departments credit some of that success to the recent implementations of DHS’s US-VISIT program, which sees foreign visitors identified via biometrics upon entry into the United States, and the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services Division criminal biometrics program, which was setup to ease the sharing of information between local, state and federal agencies. Other announcements included the recent addition of D.C. Metropolitan Police Department to the Secure Communities program bringing the total to 95 jurisdictions across 11 states.

ICE program success sees expansion in Texas

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with U.S. Representative Henry Cueller have announced that success with ICE’s biometric-enabled Secure Communities program will see an expansion of the initiative to an additional twelve counties in South Texas. The Secure Communities program is designed to remove illegal citizens living in the U.S. if they have been convicted of a crime by tracking biometric information of those entering the country.

LaserCard receives additional 'Green Card' order

LaserCard Corp. announced receipt of a follow-on order for approximately $2.7 million of optical security media cards to be issued under the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Permanent Resident Card program. Deliveries of the cards are scheduled to concluded by the end of the year

New Zealand implements biometric checks at ports of entry

New Zealand, in conjunction with the Australian government, has begun utilizing fingerprint biometric checks of immigrants entering the country in an effort to improve border security and curb identity fraud, according to a TVNZ article.

ClearStar partners with Advanced Livescan for new solution

ClearStar Logistics, a developer of employee and tenant screening solutions, has partnered with biometric developer Advanced Livescan Technologies for a biometric-based capture and criminal history screening solution. The new system, which integrates ClearStar.net screening technology with Livescan’s E-VeriTech SOLO, utilizes fingerprint biometrics to search the National Criminal History Record Search database.

Florida activates ICE’s Secure Communities program

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) have announced that ICE’s Secure Communities program has begun in Florida. Secure Communities is set-up to help state officials identify criminal foreigners, both legally and illegally in the United States, already in police custody.

Bone biometrics holds potential for new security systems

Skeletal scanning technology developed at Wright State University could hold potential as a new biometric mode particularly effective in weeding out people of interest from crowds, according to an Ubergizmo article.

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DHS program identifies more than 100,000 criminal aliens