Thread: CT: Law students help defend New Haven Illegal Immigrants

Immigrants In New Haven Raid Appear In Court

Published on 6/15/2007 in Home »State »State News
Hartford (AP) — Fifteen people arrested during recent immigration raids in New Haven will remain in federal custody while attorneys prepare to argue next week for lower bonds.
The 15, who appeared in federal immigration court Thursday, are among 31 people known to have been arrested during an immigration sweep of the city's largely Hispanic Fair Haven neighborhood last week.

They return to court June 20.

Their attorneys and law students from Yale and the University of Connecticut said Thursday they will highlight the detainees' community ties, family commitments and other factors showing they would be unlikely to flee if released on bond.

Equally important, the attorneys say, they want to present evidence to support claims that the raids were not properly conducted.

They say immigration agents entered homes without authorization, refused to identify themselves and detained people passing by on the street who “appear to have been singled out because of their appearance,â€

No wonder our country is in trouble. Yale law school is not teaching ameircan law, but open border enforcement.

New Haven unites to stop immigrant raids
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. — On June 4, while the Bush administration twisted arms in Congress to pass an exploitative guest worker program, New Haven became the first city in the country to issue a municipal ID card regardless of immigration status, which can be used for city services and banking.

Within 36 hours, in the early morning, without informing the mayor or police, ICE agents forced their way into numerous homes in the city’s Fair Haven neighborhood, taking 32 people away from their families in handcuffs. Only five had deportation orders.

Mayor John DeStefano immediately announced the city would not step back. “This was an act of intimidation,â€

[quote]“It's really bad. If you go to Fair Haven, it's completely empty and people aren't going out,â€