Thread: 4 arrested at ICE deportation center in Chicago

Rough translation

Four people under arrest in protest against deportations
December 20, 2010 • 5:11PM

Chicago, 20 dic (EFE)- Four people were placed under arrest today across the headquarters of the offices of the Service of Immigration and Customs of Chicago in a protest called to denounce the raids and deportations that separate the families.

Scores of people protested with placards that denounced the deportations and that they criticized the passiveness of the president Barack Obama to resolve this problem that affects to thousands of Hispanic families.

Upon being person under arrest by the police officers responsible for the custody of the building, Emma Spirited indicated to Efe: "Obama, listens, you are not going to return to the White House until do not comply your promise. We want an immediate moratorium to stop the separation of families".

Spirited it recalled that each day deportations are produced that affect to a total of 1,100 families and that with the arrival of the Christmas festivals is intensified still more by the impact that supposes the separation.

In the protest, two people were characterized like San José and the Virgin one MarÃ*a to call attention to the drama of the families lacking identity papers that live in the United States.

Miguel Valdez, detained and disguised as San José, emphasized that "in this country we are treating the immigrants as if were animals because is a lack of very serious respect".

" We Need to show the president Obama that the reason why now is in the Oval Office was by the latin American vote", indicated Valdez, while the demonstrators sang diverse canticles in favor of the suspension of the deportations.

Janeth Alonso, arrested and disguised of the Virgin one MarÃ*a, explained that the motive of the protest was centered in showing how "parents and mothers, children and even pregnant women have been deportees", in greater numbers even of the registered before Obama arrived at the White House.

Another of the demonstrators, Doris Aguirre, emphasized that Christmas is presented with a bittersweet flavor for the Hispanic community upon being solved none of the most burning themes for the lacking identity papers.

" We Continue with the problem of the deportations. They are some sad festivals" because itself are not resolved the problems that more affect to the Hispanic community and without the approval of a migratory reform be glimpsed.

Since last November 15 they come called a similar protest set against the building of the Service of Immigration and Customs in Chicago to demand that be finished the raids and the deportations that so much they are affecting to the Hispanic community.

The organizers of the protest announced that next year are called new acts of civil disobedience to continue demanding the approval in the Congress of two key measures for the Hispanic community: the migratory reform and the government bill of the Dream Act.

Exactly, the Hispanic community suffered last Saturday a new deception upon rejecting the Senate the government bill of the Dream Act that already was approved by the House of Representatives and that would permit the legalization of the youths lacking identity papers that arrived at the country when they had less than 16 years.

The sponsors of the project needed 60 votes to limit the debate and to proceed to the voting, but only 55 senators gave their support to the initiative, while 41 they were shown against, in a markedly partisan voting.

The government bill, that was approved in the House of Representatives last December 8, has had several reincarnations since was introduced for the first time in the year 2001.

The failure of the initiative supposes a hard reverse for the White House and the groups for-immigrants that there were lawyer in favor of the measure.

The president Barack Obama qualified the refusal as "incredibly disappointing" and that will impede that the initiative can be approved this year.

" In an incredibly disappointing vote, a minority of senators they impeded to the Senate to do what the majority of the Americans they believe that is better for the country", affirmed Obama. EFE vv/ esc(photo and video)

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On Dec. 7th, 15 were arrested
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-220542-lozano.html

" We Need to show the president Obama that the reason why now is in the Oval Office was by the latin American vote", indicated Valdez, while the demonstrators sang diverse canticles in favor of the suspension of the deportations.

These people are seriously ignorant! Scary...

That explains everything.

They did not go to the consulate?