Immigrants Advised of Their Rights in Sweeps
Monday, June 21, 2004 at 08:43PM
TheSpook
If stopped by the U.S. Border Patrol, immigrants should remain calm and may refrain from answering questions, elected officials and Latino activists said at a Friday news conference in protest of the recent deportation of over 150 illegal immigrants. Documented and undocumented immigrants have the right to a phone call, the right to a lawyer, the right to say nothing and the right to a hearing before an immigration judge, according to public officials and attorneys.  [more]
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