Thursday, September 13, 2007

Stop the Raids Picket MON 9/17 in Hartford, CT

FREE THE DANBURY 11!
STOP THE RAIDS AND DEPORTATIONS!

Solidarity picket at the federal courthouse
Monday, September 17th, 8 a.m.
450 Main St., Hartford [Connecticut]

The next hearing of the Danbury 11 is on Monday, where they will argue for a trial on grounds that ICE violated their 14th Amendment rights.

Join us for this next stage of the fight!

On September 19, 2006, eleven day laborers jumped into a van expecting to go to work on a construction site, but were instead taken straight to jail. Their driver was not a contractor, but a
federal immigration agent in disguise.

Homeland Security declined to release their names. They were jailed 150 miles from home to impede their defense and streamline their deportations. Six were shipped to prisons in Texas.

The Danbury 11 joined the nearly 16,000 Latino workers currently being unjustly held in a system of local and national prisons. Their case puts U.S. immigration policy on trial.

This raid, like all the other raids being carried out by ICE (Immigration & Customs Enforcement, arm of Homeland Security) is designed to induce terror and keep workers from fighting for decent wages and conditions.

This protest was initiated by Stop the Raids! Students of Trinity College.
For more information, contact Randy at Randy.Ferrufino@trincoll.edu or 978-549-6509.

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