Thread: On their OWN RECOGNIZANCE????

Illegal, unidentifiable, undocummented aliens released on their own reconizance. Anybody want to bet the house they'll be in court?

Immigrant rights activists gathered in the Loop today to call for the release of undocumented workers arrested in a series of raids that netted 26 people on the city's Southwest Side and nearly 1,200 nationwide.

The arrested workers later were released on recognizance bonds after being processed.

:Edited to remove link. Article in post below.

chicagotribune.com >> Breaking news
Activists decry immigration arrests
By Mitch Dudek
Tribune staff reporter

Published April 20, 2006, 6:28 PM CDT

Immigrant rights activists gathered in the Loop today to call for the release of undocumented workers arrested in a series of raids that netted 26 people on the city's Southwest Side and nearly 1,200 nationwide.

The arrested workers later were released on recognizance bonds after being processed.
The activists also called for a moratorium on arrests by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents like the ones that took place Wednesday at IFCO Systems, at 2000 W. 32nd St. near the Pilsen neighborhood.

During a search consented to by the company, 24 male and 2 female employees, all Mexican nationals, were taken into custody and charged with being in the country illegally, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Gail Montenegro.
A work site enforcement operation targeting IFCO, the largest pallet company in the United States, resulted in the arrests of approximately 1,187 illegal immigrant workers at 40 IFCO sites in 26 states, Montenegro said.

At today's news conference in Chicago, immigrants rights activist Roberto Carlos Lopez called for the immediate release of workers on their own recognizance, as well as a stop to all such arrests and future deportations while the debate for immigration reform takes place in Congress.
He also called for Illinois senators and representatives to meet with President Bush to negotiate the terms of the moratorium.

In addition, Lopez said the immigrant community would continue to mobilize throughout May until the moratorium is established or some type of legislative solution is reached. An immigration rights march planned for May 1 in Chicago will proceed, Lopez said.
Lopez, who stood with a small crowd of activists, said the arrests were intended to intimidate.

"It is undeniable that these raids were timed right after the historic marches and demonstrations, and it's a move by the (Bush) administration to try and intimidate and stop this movement," Lopez said in front the Customs Enforcement office at 10 W. Jackson Blvd.

"The national raids have separated families, destroyed lives, and traumatized children across this country," Lopez said. But, he added, "They can't stop our movement. If anything it will make us stronger."

The arrests resulted from an investigation into IFCO's employment of undocumented immigrants that began more than a year ago in Guilderland, N.Y., according to a Customs Enforcement news release.

All 26 people arrested were released on their own recogizance late Thursday afternoon from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility in Broadview, Montenegro said.
They have been placed into deportation proceedings and were released pending a hearing before a federal immigration judge.

Those arrested in Chicago ranged in age from 18 to 57, she said.

They will be "instructed to appear before an immigration judge who will hear the details of their case and decide whether they will be deported," Montenegro said.
Copyright © 2006, Chicago Tribune

HEY Y"ALL...how about a moratorium on ALL laws that we don't like?? I think that's a great idea.

MJ

Sounds good to me MJ. I can think of a couple right off hand I'd like to ignore.

Wow! The article posted above disappeared after posting here. Two newspapers were showing it from AP I think. It got replaced by some Chertoff get tough talk article, but the Google links still describe the original article. Very strange.

You can bet those illegals will not hang around long enough to be prosecuted, they are gone. That is what they do when arrested and let out on bail or bond, poof!!!

Let's hope they are running back to the border. Yeah, that's really getting tough on illegals. See, they are still being arrested and then released. I thought that "bs" was supposed to stop????

Originally Posted by backseatdriver97

Let's hope they are running back to the border. Yeah, that's really getting tough on illegals. See, they are still being arrested and then released. I thought that "bs" was supposed to stop????

When they get back to the border the what? Mexico enforces immigration law. The Mexican police just shot a Honduran for running from immigration authorities.

Michael Chertoff - "we're going to end catch and release..."