Posted on 05/03/2008 9:00:07 AM PDT by SmithL
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Friday stormed 11 El Balazo restaurants around the Bay Area, arresting 63 illegal immigrants - and drawing the outrage of immigration advocates who had marched the previous day to call for the legalization of undocumented workers.
The raids began at 10:30 Friday morning in San Francisco, San Ramon, Lafayette, Concord, Pleasanton and Danville and involved 62 people from Mexico and one from Guatemala.
Virginia Kice, spokeswoman for the immigration agency, called the arrests "a targeted enforcement action" that is part of a continuing criminal investigation she couldn't discuss further.
Immigration officials photographed, fingerprinted and interviewed all of those arrested. Ten women and one man were quickly released on humanitarian grounds, including pregnancy and medical concerns, pending future immigration proceedings, Kice said.
The rest were being processed, and the majority of them were expected to be released under supervision. Some of the illegal immigrants had prior criminal convictions or deportation orders and will be detained.
Evelyn Sanchez, advocacy coordinator for the Bay Area Immigrant Rights Coalition, was trying to connect with the workers as they were released to ensure they knew their rights and were treated fairly.
She said the immigration agents got search warrants for the El Balazo restaurants, ordered the doors be shut and interrogated the employees inside.
"It was a gross violation of civil rights, and it's just unfortunate that this happened the day after May Day when literally thousands of immigrants throughout the Bay Area marched to have this type of activity stopped," she said. "It just goes to show we need new immigration laws."
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I think I need to start an anti-coyote service, where Americans pay me to transport illegals out of the country. Hmmmm, ka-ching!
For whatever party workers hands them the registration card and shows them how to fill it out. Lorretta Sanchez could probably help you with an answer.
“Lorretta Sanchez could probably help you with an answer.”
I’ll bet she could, ois! But, alas, California is the last place on earth I plan on being anytime soon! I’ve too much to do dealing with the Somali Mohammedan “immigrants” or “refugees” we’ve had jammed down our throats around here. Maybe Ms. Sanchez would trade a few illegal Mexicans for an equal number of welfare bum Mohammedans with four “wives” and 20 kids. I’m sure we could arrange that and they’re already registered as Ds. :)
“When you can grow up enough to stop with the cheap I will read further.”
To read further would imply you read earlier, which is doubtful.
My comment is not a cheap insult, but rather what is deserved by someone who sets up a ridiculous straw man attack without either listening to what someone else says or thinking through their own comments.
Your admission not to even read serves to confirm what I already said.
Try listening before you respond, and thinking before you speak. Then you will not need to endure such criticism.
You are correct. Thanks for the reply.
Want TB with that burger? A tapeworm? Maybe some leprosy?
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