After immigration arrests, Brazilian community in Allston on alert
By Meghann Ackerman/Correspondent
Fri Feb 20, 2009, 08:00 AM EST


Allston, Mass. - Jailton Tavares was about to go to work when a man knocked on his car window, showed him a California driver’s license and asked if he’d seen the man pictured. Tavares said he hadn’t seen him, but the man continued to ask him questions and asked to see Tavares’ ID, which was a Brazilian passport.

“After he asked several questions and he saw my passport, he said, ‘You’re under arrest. I’m from immigration,’â€