Thread: Border Patrol Event Attracts Immigrant Protest

Border Patrol Event Attracts Immigrant Protest
Rochester News ^ | Aug 16, 2008 | Jen Markham

Posted on Monday, August 18, 2008 10:01:01 AM by 3AngelaD

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection recruitment event in downtown Rochester Saturday was the target of an immigrant rights demonstration. More than two dozen protesters lined the sidewalk outside the Clarion Hotel on Main Street, where inside, the U.S. Border Patrol was trying to attract applicants to be a part of the federal agency that’s slated to add more than 6,000 employees this year.


The demonstrators outside held signs promoting equal rights and denouncing racism, which are ideas they say the Border Patrol doesn't embrace.

"We are here to let the recruits know and the public in general know what the Border Patrol is doing to these immigrants,â€

ICE SHOULD HAVE PULLED UP AND STARTED ID- ING EVERYONE,

WITH THE MILITARY GUARDS THERE THOUGH;

AND BUS THEM OUT OF HERE!