Based on individual stories and an analysis of available data, the report concludes:

ICE’s failure to adhere to its own stated priorities is a feature rather than a reparable flaw of the [Secure Communities] program. The program has been constructed and implemented on the assumption that if an individual has any contact with law enforcement—even if that contact stems from a traffic offense—that individual represents a threat to the community. ICE uses its stated criminal priorities as part of a rhetorical strategy to assuage the concerns of states and localities. In operation, however, ICE casts a wide net and offers little relief to worthy candidates for prosecutorial discretion; the vast majority of those deported through Secure Communities have merely had contact with local law enforcement and have not committed serious crimes.

In addition to analyzing available data, the report documents the stories of eight individuals who were transferred through S-Comm from the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department to ICE since the prosecutorial discretion policy was announced.  These include:

*          GK, a crime victim whose mistaken arrest by LAPD lead to his placement in deportation proceedings.

*          GB, a high school student placed in deportation after being convicted of a traffic offense.

*          ME, a father of three, and SL, who has lived in the US for over 11 years, both of whom were selected for deportation by Secure Communities as a result of mistaken identification

The full report is available for download at http://law.uci.edu/pdf/MisplacedPriorities_aguilasocho-rodwin-ashar.pdf