Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Immigrants laud their victory over feds in New Haven raid case

By Mary E. O’Leary, New Haven Register
February 15, 2012

NEW HAVEN — One of the immigrant recipients of a government settlement in a deportation suit summoned up the win in poetic terms Wednesday, while several speakers remembered those still jailed around the country in similar situations.

“This is a beautiful dawn after a dark evening,” said Washington Colala, as he thanked his lawyers and other supporters in a press conference at the Wilson Library that was called to celebrate the $350,000 settlement and end of deportation proceedings for 11 men. [...]

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http://nhregister.com/articles/2012/02/15/news/doc4f3c39819e367758055873.txt?viewmode=default

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