By Eunice Moscoso | Friday, January 30, 2009, 02:38 PM
A coalition of Latino groups sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano this week urging her to stop workplace immigration raids.
The coalition — which includes the League of United Latin American Citizens and the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Funds — said the raids were a “relentless attack” on the Latino community.
“The fear of raids in and around schools, neighborhoods and workplaces among immigrants — unauthorized and authorized — keeps our children and families from attending schools, obtaining needed services for which they are eligible and pay taxes and even contacting local police when they or their loved ones are in danger,” the letter said.
It also said that the raids “have destroyed families and spread terror.”
The Bush administration conducted a string of large immigration raids at workplaces over the past few years
http://www.news-journal.com/blogs/c...009/01/30/latino_groups_to_napolitano_st.html
A coalition of Latino groups sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano this week urging her to stop workplace immigration raids.
The coalition — which includes the League of United Latin American Citizens and the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Funds — said the raids were a “relentless attack” on the Latino community.
“The fear of raids in and around schools, neighborhoods and workplaces among immigrants — unauthorized and authorized — keeps our children and families from attending schools, obtaining needed services for which they are eligible and pay taxes and even contacting local police when they or their loved ones are in danger,” the letter said.
It also said that the raids “have destroyed families and spread terror.”
The Bush administration conducted a string of large immigration raids at workplaces over the past few years
http://www.news-journal.com/blogs/c...009/01/30/latino_groups_to_napolitano_st.html
