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Fingerprint rule shakes Conn. city

Immigrants in East Haven view new policy as a threat

By Maria Sacchetti

 |  Globe Staff  

  February 24, 2012

The launch marked the second New England state to fully deploy the program since it started in 2008 and signaled to the remaining states, including Massachusetts, that the federal government is plowing ahead with the initiative in spite of resistance. The program automatically checks the fingerprints of everyone arrested by state and local police against immigration databases to ensure that they are here legally.

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