Thursday
Jun172004
Latino Leaders Protest U.S. Border Patrol Sweeps
Thursday, June 17, 2004 at 02:28PM
Latino Leaders Protest U.S. Border Patrol Sweeps-
Still NO Europeans or Canadians arrested yet. Only Latinos.
Nearly 400 illegal aliens, mostly from Mexico and Central America, have been rounded up over the last few days by the U.S. Border Patrol in sweeps that immigrant groups say are striking fear in their communities. About two dozen people on Wednesday protested the raids at a federal building in Los Angeles, saying that they were part of a concerted national effort to track down and deport illegal aliens. "We cannot and we will not accept institutional fear in our communities as a way of life," said Juan Jose Gutierrez, national coordinator of an organization called Latino Movement USA.[more]
Still NO Europeans or Canadians arrested yet. Only Latinos.
Nearly 400 illegal aliens, mostly from Mexico and Central America, have been rounded up over the last few days by the U.S. Border Patrol in sweeps that immigrant groups say are striking fear in their communities. About two dozen people on Wednesday protested the raids at a federal building in Los Angeles, saying that they were part of a concerted national effort to track down and deport illegal aliens. "We cannot and we will not accept institutional fear in our communities as a way of life," said Juan Jose Gutierrez, national coordinator of an organization called Latino Movement USA.[more]