-The Associated Press, December 14, 2011 by E.J. Tamara
http://www.salon.com/2011/12/15/aclu_citizens_jailed_under_us_immigration_program_2/
In October, a study by the Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law &Social Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, found that ICE arrested more than 3,600 U.S. citizens through Secure Communities between April 2008 and April 2011.
-Los Angeles Times, December 15, 2011 by Paloma Esquivel
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-1215-detained-citizens-20111214,0,3469916.story
Although the exact number of U.S. citizens detained on immigration holds is not known, a study published earlier this year by researchers at UC Berkeley found that citizens made up 1.6% of Secure Communities cases analyzed.
-The Daily Journal, December 28, 2011 by Robert Iafolla
http://bit.ly/zbY0ew (registration required)
The Berkeley report analyzed data from Secure Communities, a program that feeds illegal immigrants arrested by local law enforcement to ICE, and argued that it encourages racial profiling, splits up families and snares people that it shouldn’t.
-Queens Chronicle, December 29, 2011 by Cory Bennett and Rebecca Ellis
http://bit.ly/vYgHLw
It is difficult to estimate how many children follow deported parents, though Aarti Kohli, director of immigration policy at the University of California Berkeley Law School, found that if both parents are deported, the children follow if they are younger than teenagers. If one parent is deported, families frequently separate, with the non-deported parent staying with the children.