Occupy Oakland Arrest Thrusts Protesters into Immigration
Occupy Oakland Arrest Thrusts Protesters into Battle Over Immigration
Written By Francisco Barradas
Published November 16, 2011
Fox News Latino
Occupy Oakland protesters seemed to be braced for just about anything that could arise – except, evidently, the raging issues of immigration and deportation.
Now those issues are on their radar on the heels of the arrest Monday of a fellow protester, Francisco Ramos-Stierle, who apparently is in the U.S. illegally.
The Mexican native, 36, was arrested during the police sweep of the encampment outside City Hall, and is being detained because of a federal immigration hold.
A group of Occupy Oakland protesters has rallied around his case, and trying to learn about the complexities of immigration in the process.
On Monday night, back at Frank Ogawa Plaza, where protesters had been evicted 12 hours before, a small group of occupiers held an assembly to discuss, among other cases, Ramos's detention.
[b]The group discussion focused on how to bail out Ramos, who is known as “Pancho,â€
