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    6 Tucson activists charged in immigration reform protest

    6 Tucson activists charged in immigration reform protest
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    Immigration rights activist Michelle Raygada, center, sits chained around a bus with Chuck Kaufman, left, and Steve Johnston as part of a protest to stop the bus that was carrying detainees to the federal courthouse on Oct. 11, in Tucson. Six people who chained themselves to the fence of the Federal Courthouse in Tucson as part of the same protest in an effort to shutdown a deportation process known as Operation Streamline for a day face misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and failure to follow direction of federal police officers.

    1 hour ago • Perla Trevizo Arizona Daily Star

    Six people who chained themselves to the fence of the Federal Courthouse in Tucson in an effort to shutdown a deportation process known as Operation Streamline for a day face misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and failure to follow direction of federal police officers.

    The group of activists learned of the charges during their first court hearing Wednesday before Magistrate Judge Stephanie Bowman at the federal courthouse, according to a news release from the group. The crimes carry a maximum fine of $5,000 and up to 30 days in jail and five year’s probation.


    Their trial date was set for 10 a.m. Feb. 5, 2014.


    On October 11, about two dozen activists were arrested or detained after they linked themselves together with plastic piping to block the federal courthouse parking lot and stopped two buses with up to 70 detainees headed to court to be criminally prosecuted for immigration offenses.
It was the first time the program called Operation Streamline was canceled because of an act of civil disobedience since it started in Texas in 2005, organizers said.


    Operation Streamline is a fast-track program created to discourage unauthorized migration by giving prison sentences and a criminal record to those apprehended at the border. Since it started in 2005, it has expanded to most sectors of the border, including Yuma and Tucson.
In Tucson, up to 70 people are processed every day, and most of them are charged with the misdemeanor of illegal entry and the felony of illegal re-entry. They plead down to the lesser charge, which carries a maximum sentence of six months in prison — all in one day.


    “We had to act on October 11,” Rachel Winch, one of the activists involved in protest said in the release. “We had to keep one more parent from being prosecuted for nothing more than trying to reunite with their family in the U.S., a conviction that will make them ineligible for any future immigration relief or reform.”


    On October 25, the activists announced they had set up hotline numbers to locate each of 70 detainees believed to be aboard the blocked buses to record their testimony and bolster their defense, as well as to advance their political campaign against Operation Streamline. So far, they’ve collected over a dozen stories.


    Most of the detainees on the buses stopped in Tucson have since been deported without being criminally prosecuted, officials said. Up to nine were prosecuted through Operation Streamline days after the protest.


    Read more in tomorrow's Star

    http://azstarnet.com/news/local/govt...0c63de273.html

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    “We had to act on October 11,” Rachel Winch, one of the activists involved in protest said in the release. “We had to keep one more parent from being prosecuted for nothing more than trying to reunite with their family in the U.S., a conviction that will make them ineligible for any future immigration relief or reform.”

    We are a Nation of laws ad the sooner these people relaize and respect that, the better!!

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