Thread: Illegal immigrants to protest at Ala. capitol

All 13 arrested Ala immigration protesters out
The Associated Press

Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011 | 3:03 a.m.

All 13 people arrested during a protest of Alabama's tough immigration law have been released from jail.

Ten were released on $300 bond each Thursday afternoon from the city jail and left out the front door of the Montgomery Police Department chanting "undocumented, unafraid." Attorney Mike Winter says the final two were let out later.

An arrested juvenile was released Tuesday night to her parents.

They all were arrested for sitting down in the middle of the street in front of Alabama's Statehouse Tuesday.

Those arrested are mostly college students who say they came to the U.S. as children and do not have proof they are here legally.

A spokesman for the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the agency hasn't lodged a detainer against any of the protesters.

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Protestors demand release of two undocumented teens


Posted: Nov 23, 2011 2:38 PM PST Updated: Nov 23, 2011 4:10 PM PST

By Alan Collins

BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) -
A group of undocumented people are calling for others who are in Alabama illegally to come to protest. A handful of members of the Alabama Youth Collective took to Kelly Ingram Park this afternoon. They were getting signatures for a petition to get the release of two undocumented men, 20-year old Issac Barrera and 24-year-old Jonathan Perez.

"For these folks who were detained, been here since they were really young, five, six years old. So when they are being sent back to Mexico, they are taking a serious risk," Mohammad Abdollahi said.

The two men went to the Mobile office of the border patrol to protest Alabama's immigration law. Both were arrested and face deportation. Abdollahi says it's time for all undocumented people to take risks to come out and speak out against the immigration law.

"As undocumented folks we are in the most danger. If we are quiet or hiding but similar to the civil rights era if we want to change things we will have to take risks," Abdollahi said.

One of those with the group was Fernanda Marroquin who was arrested a week ago at the statehouse protest in Montgomery.

"I don't want the people here to live in constant fear and to also show them they are not alone and they can come out as a community and as a community we are stronger," Marroquin said.

A South Carolina couple visiting Birmingham signed the petition.

"Alabama, Arizona, I think it stinks. We are Americans and this is a great country," Clinton Kelly said.

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Ten were released on $300 bond each Thursday afternoon from the city jail and left out the front door of the Montgomery Police Department chanting "undocumented, unafraid." Attorney Mike Winter says the final two were let out later.

And why should they be "afraid?" This country has no intentions of following the law regarding illegal invaders; deporting them like the law mandates. They know it and so do we. Why do these people remind me of terrorists?

So much for the "tough" new law...