Mere Tinkering With a Bad Program

The Obama administration announced last month plans to repair Secure Communities, the program that compels state and local police to join its wide and expanding hunt for illegal immigrants. From now on, when illegal immigrants are stopped for traffic violations by local police, Immigration and Customs Enforcement will consider detaining and deporting them only after they have been  convicted, not before.      

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/opinion/mere-tinkering-with-a-bad-program.html?_r=1