Assembly Committee Votes for AB 1081, Allowing Local Opt Out of
Immigration Fingerprint Database  | April 26, 2011   • Share:
• Facebook   • Pinterest   • Reddit   • Email  Today, the State
Assembly’s Public Safety Committee passed on to the full
assembly AB 1081, also known as the TRUST Act. The bill,
sponsored by San Francisco’s Tom Ammiano, would give local
governments the right to opt-out of Immigration and Customs
Enforcement’s controversial Secure Communities program.
Immigrant rights groups say the program has resulted in
increased deportation of immigrants who had committed no crime
or were picked up by police for minor offenses.  California
Watch explains the process and repercussions:  At the heart of
Secure Communities is a database that allows local police to
check inmates’ legal status by running their fingerprints. When
the system makes a match, officers learn a suspect’s entire
documented immigration history. They also learn whether ICE
wants to place a “hold” on the suspect, which requires