But many law enforcement officials objected, saying it would jeopardize their relations with immigrants and hamper crime-fighting.
Federal officials said a state could refuse to cooperate, but it would lose access to criminal databases of other states and the federal government, hampering crime-fighting efforts.
Federal officials have warned that any state that declines to share fingerprints through the program will lose access to the criminal databases of other states and the federal government, seriously hampering crime-fighting efforts.
Though states can refuse to cooperate, there is a cost: Any state that declines to share fingerprints with the Justice Department will in turn lose access to the criminal databases of other states and the federal government, seriously hampering crime-fighting efforts.
Mr. Rodríguez, the attorney general, acknowledged that the investigation had been hampered, with crime scene evidence lost and witnesses avoiding investigators.
The government's proposed bill of rights will hamper the fight against crime, undermine the UK's international moral authority and could start "unravelling" the constitution, a cross-party parliamentary committee is warning.
He pledged to crack down on police and other authorities using the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa) – which was drawn up to tackle serious crime – to "hamper and hinder legitimate reporting" by using its powers to access journalists' telephone records.
The police began their investigation on 13 August, but were hampered as the crime scene had been contaminated during the commotion after the assault.
Government efforts to reduce the high rates of violent crime were hampered by the degree to which organized crime and drug traffickers had infiltrated law enforcement.
Its expiration will hamper efforts to maintain New York's historic crime reduction.
Some groups, including the Anti-Defamation League of New Jersey, had feared that this would hamper use of the state's hate crimes law.
