The state Assembly's public safety committee has passed a bill that would let California counties "opt-out" of full participation in a federal immigration enforcement program called Secure Communities. As it stands now, fingerprints of all inmates booked into local jails and cross-checked with the FBI's criminal database are forwarded to immigration officials.
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