Thursday, September 20, 2007

Immigration Raids Echo History of African Americans

Raids on undocumented workers today are nothing new forAfrican Americans, who saw raids on their own population more than 150 years ago

by Jean Damu
New America Media, September 13, 2007

In August local law enforcement and immigration officials in a small Pennsylvania town began receiving reports that undocumented immigrants were being offered sanctuary at a nearby residence. Furthermore, the reports went on to say, during the daytime hours, the immigrants were blending into portions of the local population and working in one of the city's factories. [...]

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http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=b1799b3bdaa10de0d629888ae9aaea26

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