The Secure Communities program
A)required state and local authorities to check the fingerprints of people being booked into jail against a Homeland Security database.
B)prevented state and local authorities from asking suspected criminals to show proof of citizenship upon arrest.
C)offered state and local authorities federal reimbursement for money spent processing undocumented immigrants.
D)forbade federal immigration officials from deporting undocumented immigrants who had not been convicted of a felony.

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The Secure Communities program required state and local authorities to check the fingerprints of people being booked into jail against a Homeland Security database. This was done to identify individuals who may be undocumented immigrants and prioritize them for deportation proceedings.

The Secure Communities Program