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14 <br />clarify that the local jail is not authorized to detain the subject for a period exceeding 48 hours, <br />excluding weekends and holidays. <br />ICE should be required to issue reports to Congress on a regular basis, with statistics on the <br />crimes for which identified non - citizens are arrested, the disposition of each underlying criminal <br />case, and the nationality and ethnicity of identified non - citizens. Jurisdictions participating in <br />Secure Communities should be required to report their arrest and identification statistics to ICE <br />supervisors for oversight and management purposes. <br />4. Congress should request that the GAO or another neutral agency conduct an audit of the Secure <br />Communities program. The report should contain an assessment of Secure Communities goals <br />and objectives, performance measures, supervision and oversight, data tracking, and reporting <br />mechanisms. <br />5. The public should receive consistent information about the operation of Secure Communities. <br />Public outreach, community meetings, and information- sharing should be a central element of <br />program implementation. <br />6. All jurisdictions participating in Secure Communities should receive training on civil rights and <br />illegal racial or other profiling. <br />7. DHS must create and implement a strong complaint and redress mechanism for individuals who <br />believe they have been wrongly arrested, detained, or otherwise mistreated under the Secure <br />Communities program. <br />8. Before expanding Secure Communities to a jurisdiction, DHS should consider the direct and <br />indirect effects that the program could have on public safety and community policing in that <br />jurisdiction. Secure Communities should also ensure that any jurisdiction has the option to <br />refuse to participate in the program, and that local authorities be given instructions for opting <br />out. <br />