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The Tucson Police Department is asking for the public's help in identifying a female protester who kicked an officer in the face during the April 10 pro-immigration rally. After closely reviewing video footage from the rally, police have been able to single out the female who they say intentionally kicked Officer Nathan A. Tullgren, 26, as he was on the ground making an arrest, said Tucson police Chief of Staff Capt. Brett Klein on Friday. Police say she could face a charge of aggravated assault on a peace officer. According to Klein, Tullgren had just pulled a male off of...

Just doing jobs Americans Won't... Mexican Immigrant Arrested in Boston Apr 13 1:35 PM US/Eastern Email this story BOSTON A young illegal immigrant who became a cause celebre in Minnesota after secretly living in a high school for weeks has been arrested here on home invasion charges, months after he was supposed to have left the country. Francisco Javier Serrano, 22, had waved goodbye to supporters and journalists who saw him off at the Minneapolis airport in January, but he apparently never boarded his plane for his home country of Mexico. Two weeks ago, police arrested him after finding him...

For the most part, Monday's immigration march and rally was peaceful, but when a counter-protest group began burning Mexican flags, things got out of hand. Tucson police made several arrests when protestors began throwing bottles and water at members of the Border Guardians group. Officers say several protestors began to interfere with the arrests and started assaulting them. Two officers received minor injuries when they were punched in the face. Police had to use pepper spray to control the crowd. Tucson Capt. Brett Klein says, “It appears that all of the actions of the officers were justified in the sense...

BOISE, Idaho -- A congressional candidate and vocal critic of illegal immigration was led away by security personnel after an argument developed during an immigrant rights protest by more than 5,000 people. Traffic through the downtown area was snarled Sunday afternoon as protesters, most of them Hispanic, carried U.S. and Mexican flags on a march from Julia Davis Park down Capitol Boulevard to the Statehouse to protest a proposed overhaul of immigration laws Lucio Prado, a radio host for Idaho Jazz Station's Radio Universidad, said that America has become less tolerant of the kind of immigration that helped build the...

Scuffle breaks out at immigration rally Arizona Daily Star Tucson, Arizona | Published: 04.10.2006 advertisementA scuffle that broke out after counter-protestors torched a Mexican flag at Armory Park resulted in four or five people being taken into custody by Tucson police. Police initially detained a young Hispanic woman in the wake of the flag burning and were escorting the woman to the Police Department’s downtown headquarters as a group of protestors followed. The confrontation escalated when one man tried to break through a ring of officers surrounding the woman and he and several others were also detained. About 11 people...

PORTLAND, Maine --Dozens of people pressing for rights for illegal immigrants gathered for a peaceful demonstration on Monday just minutes after a counter-protestor was bloodied by a teenager who hid his face with a bandanna. The attacker, described as a Hispanic teenager, went after one of three white people carrying signs arguing that illegals have no rights, police said. As the teen fled, the victim dropped to the pavement after being hit with something heavy that the teen had carried, possibly in a sock or a bandanna, said Portland Police Sgt. Robin Gauvin. There were no arrests as of late...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Witnesses reported that a teenager wearing a bandana hit a counter-protester on the head at Monument Square. The victim fell to the ground bloodied, and was taken away by an ambulance before the demonstration officially began. The victim was one of about three people carrying signs arguing that illegals have no rights and should be deported. After the assault, about 200 people gathered to peacefully voice support for reforms that would legalize an estimated eleven million undocumented immigrants. One of the organizers, Portland attorney Rafael Galvez, says people will remember how members of Congress vote. He...

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