U.S. Citizen Sues After Erroneously Being Held As An Undocumented Immigrant
A U.S. citizen is suing the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security after the fingerprint-sharing program Secure Communities incorrectly identified him as an undocumented immigrant. When Chicago resident James Makowski pleaded guilty in December 2010 to a felony charge and sentenced to four months at a drug treatment facility, the controversial program flagged Makowski as an undocumented immigrant, and he spent two months in a maximum-security prison before immigration officials stopped his erroneous deportation order.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/07/12/514557/us-citizen-sues-after-erroneously-being-held-as-an-undocumented-immigrant/?mobile=nc