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States, Cities Reject Federal Deportation Program

Illegal immigrants from Guatemala are body searched before boarding a deportation flight on June 24, 2011 in Mesa, Arizona. Each month the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency sends thousands of undocumented immigrants back to Guatemala. Many have been caught by in the Secure Communities data-sharing program. (Getty Images)
Illegal immigrants from Guatemala are body searched before boarding a deportation flight on June 24, 2011 in Mesa, Arizona. Each month the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency sends thousands of undocumented immigrants back to Guatemala. Many have been caught by in the Secure Communities data-sharing program. (Getty Images)

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