Demonstrators held a vigil on Wednesday at an immigration detention center in Broadview, Ill.
Posted on 04/21/2006 9:41:34 AM PDT by george wythe
Federal authorities have refused to identify the 36 Mexican men arrested Wednesday morning during a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid in Biglerville.
Thirty-four of the alleged illegal immigrants were released from York County Prison on their own recognizance.
One of the two individuals being kept at the facility, said ICE special agent Linda Valentine, has a warrant for deportation, and another re-entered the country after being deported.
“There’s not enough room at the prison to keep everyone. It’s full,” said Valentine, when reached at her Philadelphia office Thursday afternoon. “We are only able to hold criminal aliens there.”
(Excerpt) Read more at gettysburgtimes.com ...
In Houston:
Dozens of illegal immigrants arrested, released in hoursIn New York:There was a crackdown Wednesday and dozens of illegal immigrants were arrested.Many of those same immigrants were released just hours later
It was the last thing they, and their families, expected.
"They are not criminals. All they're here for is to work for their family," said Mariz Gomez.
IFCO worker speaks out after arrest [ICE Raid - New York]A nationwide crackdown on illegal immigrant workers netted some arrests in the Capital Region on Wednesday. And now, one of the workers is speaking out about the raid.All the men are either from Honduras and Mexico and have been living at a home on Western Avenue -- a home they said IFCO provided for them for about $50 a week.
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As far as what happens next, the men said they're required to appear in a Buffalo courtroom in a few weeks.
We all knew it was just a Pony Show from the beginning.
Catch and Release, as usual.
Same company (pallets) here in Indianapolis.
60+ arrested.
I'd bet every illegal is back on the street.
Wasn't the U.S. flying planes deporting illegal aliens in the last few years?
"As far as what happens next, the men said they're required to appear in a Buffalo courtroom in a few weeks."
The powers that be sure have contempt for the intelligence of its citizens.
Time for a major house cleaning.
Demonstrators held a vigil on Wednesday at an immigration detention center in Broadview, Ill.
Sounds like we need more prisons.
I thought they had a hearing before being deported.
Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic here, it's time for another Operation Wetback like back in Ike's days.
This is why Bush wanted being here illegally to be a felony. If it were then they would have to be held until arraigned before a judge, not released on the authority of ICE alone.
I'll look for an article, but here in SC, I talked with my neighbor a few minutes ago who is in construction, INS/ICE raided construction sites today.. his crew went from 21 to 6.
Yep, that oughta do it. Works so well the other 364 days of the year. /sarcasm
There's more than enough closed base facilities that could be used to hold them till they get their hearings before being deported.
US Immigration Authorities on
Worksite Enforcement
Year / Arrests MadeAlso from Michele Malkin:
1992: 8,027
1993: 7,630
1994: 7,554
1995: 10,014
1996: 14,164
1997: 17,554
1998: 13, 914
1999: 2,8492000: 953
2001: 735
2002: 485
2003: 445
2004:159
Notices of intent to fine employers
for immigration violations:
Year/ NoticesComplete statistics for 2004 and 2005 were not available from the source quoted by Malkin.
1992: 1,461
1993: 1,302
1994: 1,063
1995: 1,0561996: 1,019
1997: 865
1998: 1,0232000: 178
2001: 100
2002: 53
2003: 1622004: 3
Gosh I wonder what on earth happened in the year 2000 that enforcement got so lax /sarcasm
When he supported the House version of the immigration reform legislation.
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