Immigration News Briefs
Vol. 11, No. 4 - February 10, 2008
1. Danbury, CT: Thousands Protest Enforcement
2. Activist Takes Sanctuary in Chicago
3. California: Toner Cartridge Plant Raided, 130 Arrested
4. Utah: 57 Arrested at Metal Factory
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*1. DANBURY, CT: THOUSANDS PROTEST ENFORCEME NT
An estimated 3,500 people attended a rally on Feb. 6 in Danbury, Connecticut, to protest a partnership between Danbury police and US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). While the demonstrators voiced their opposition outside City Hall, inside the Common Council voted 19-2 to invite ICE to train and deputize Danbury police as immigration agents. Mayor Mark Boughton, who backs the plan, said it will start with the training of two detectives to carry out investigations of immigrants suspected of human trafficking, drug smuggling or document fraud. [News-Times (Danbury) 2/7/08; Hartford Courant 2/7/08] [...]
Read the complete INB:
http://immigrationnewsbriefs.blogspot.com/2008/02/inb-21008-danbury-protest-chicago.html
Read the press release on Flor Crisostomo taking sanctuary in Chicago:
http://thepoliticsofimmigration.blogspot.com/2008/01/press-release-12808-sanctuary-begins.html
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