It's not clear to me from the article what the disadvantages of the program are. There are some human rights groups' and politicians' objections to it on philosophical grounds, but either they don't explain their own reasons, or the article does not report them. The case in favor of the program is clearly and thoroughly made, but the case against it in this article is just a scattering of people saying "no," except for one pretty nuanced objection about domestic violence cases.

Informative story about the federal government's new fingerprinting program for illegal immigrants, called Secure Communities. This factual report provides a good overview of this program from multiple sources, and cites reactions from supporters and opponents of this controversial initiative.

Solid reporting on this below-the-radar shift in immigration enforcement. Could have gone more in depth into the drawbacks of the program (incentivizing local police to go after suspected illegals), but it is pretty well balanced.

An eye-opening article about a federal program called Secure Communities, which runs fingerprints gathered in local jurisdictions and runs them through a national database (FBI, Homeland Security) to look for illegal immigrants who've previously broken the law in other places. Informative -- I didn't know this existed. It seems like a relatively new program, and the reporter mentions a few places like San Francisco and Washington, D.C. who are either opting out or limiting their affiliation with it; this could definitely be much more in-depth, as this report is just the tip of the iceberg.