Guatemalan diplomat, lawyers, activists decry arrest of ille
Guatemalan diplomat, lawyers, activists decry arrest of illegal alien
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
By Karen Lee Ziner
Journal Staff Writer
Carmen Marrero’s three-year-old son, Brian, holds his baby sister at yesterday’s news conference.
The Providence Journal Andrew Dickerman
PROVIDENCE — Days after the arrest of an illegal Guatemalan immigrant and subsequent apparent suicide of a housemate at the same address, a Guatemalan diplomat, the head of the Rhode Island Affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union and community activists yesterday blamed “the harsh policies of immigrationâ€