Hillsborough County in Florida became the ninth county in the state to be able to check the immigration status of jailed inmates. Under the Secure Communities program, some counties in Florida receive the immigration history of inmates, based upon biometrics data such as fingerprints. Other counties in Florida that have access to such information include Charlotte, Clay, Collier, Duval, Marion, Miami-Dade, St. John's, and St. Lucie county. According to a news release from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (USCIS), the process is streamlined so that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) can easily depict if someone arrested has deportation orders, and if they would classify as a “deportable criminal immigrant.” This program allows for inmates’ fingerprints to be screened in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's immigration databases and the FBI Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System. Previously, inmates’ fingerprints were only checked against the U.S. Department of Justice’s biometric system, and wouldn’t have signaled if an inmate was in the country illegally. Deportation priority is granted to illegal alien inmates who are believed to be the greatest danger to society, such as inmates with histories of major drug offenses, murder, rape, robbery and kidnapping.