Posted on 05/22/2008 4:39:01 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
ACLU: Police Enforcing Immigration Laws 'Terrorize' America By Penny Starr CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer May 22, 2008
(CNSNews.com) - State and local police who help enforce federal immigration laws are targeting Latinos and "terrorizing" people across the United States, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said at a briefing on Capitol Hill on Monday.
"Local law enforcement has been given the green light to engage in racial profiling," Joanne Lin, a legislative counsel with the ACLU, said at the briefing held by the Appleseed Foundation, a non-profit network of 16 public interest justice centers in the United States and Mexico.
"Massive immigration sweeps are terrorizing communities across the country, including those who are U.S. citizens, permanent residents and other lawful workers," she stated.
Lin, on a panel with five other speakers, said the ACLU opposes section 287(g) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, which allows the Department of Homeland Security and its Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) division to enter into partnerships with state and local law enforcement agencies, in which local officers are authorized to operate as federal immigration agents. The designated police officers have been trained and are under the supervision of ICE officers.
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Where is Orwell when you need him?
Massive?...one can wish....
Oh yeah, forgot. Elian was sooo much better off in the arms of Castro. /s
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