ICE Raids Draw Huge Protests in Marin County

ICE Raids Draw Huge Protests in Marin County
by brightpathvideo
Friday Mar 9th, 2007 6:59 PM


Today, March 9th, members of Marin Peace & Justice Coalition and other groups staged protests of about 100 people at the corner of Irwin and 4th Streets in downtown San Rafael to express solidarity with San Rafael's immigrant groups and outrage at Gestapo-like tactics of ICE in its recent raids here.
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/03/10/18375297.php


The Marin Interfaith Council and a number of civic and non-profit organizations are calling for I.C.E. to immediately cease all enforcement activities until proper protocols and adequate constitutional safeguards can be put into place to protect the innocent and those not directly targeted with arrest warrants. When the ICE knocked on doors before dawn, agents identified themselves as "Police," pushed their way into living rooms-- rousting people from their beds-- and questioned everyone in the house. They arrested people en masse, (including children) and took some away without apparent legal cause. In at least one case a U.S citizen child was taken along with his father. As has happened in other raids around the US, “old” or invalid addresses, were used along with warrants as a front to invade unnamed houses and apartments. Many Canal and Novato children were afraid to go to school and many families remain afraid to go out of their homes even to shop for food.

photos here: http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/03/09/18375121.php

The immigration service started working again.
It's a miracle! :sarcasm:

families in the middle of the night! What kind of Gestapo crap is this? This is WRONG.

They use HIGHLY questionable tactics, and are tearing families apart. I'm outraged this "force" is allowed to exist in our country.