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The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security have merged their databases of fingerprints of millions of criminals and illegal immigrants, in an unprecedented interagency effort to catch more terrorists and solve more crimes.

Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, law enforcement officials have worried that terrorists could escape detection because the federal government’s numerous criminal and immigration databases weren’t interconnected. Officials say this new link, which occurred without fanfare on Sunday, will help close that gap.

Federal agencies hope to eventually offer access to police departments across the country, which likely would provoke a controversy over how involved police departments should be in immigration enforcement.

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