DHS advisors recommend changes to controversial immigrant screening process

[JURIST] The US Department of Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) [official website] approved a report [text, PDF] on Thursday detailing concerns with the controversial Secure Communities Program [materials], a federal enforcement program that partners local law enforcement with federal immigration authorities. A subcommittee of HSAC was formed in June by the Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano [official website] and was asked to consider how US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) [official website] could improve the program. The subcommittee was…