John Kerry Supports Interests of ILLEGALS Over Those of Americans
Commission hears testimony on US immigration raids
Maria Sacchetti

Immigrants and their advocates testified before a union-led commission at the State House yesterday that federal agents violated illegal immigrants’ constitutional rights and treated them inhumanely during recent raids, prompting swift denials from the federal government.
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The commission held its second national meeting in Boston to hear testimony about the fallout from raids in New England, from little-noticed house raids in Springfield to a massive crackdown just over a year ago at a New Bedford leather goods factory that drew national attention for separating children from their parents.

The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union launched the commission - made up of civil rights workers, academics, and such leaders as former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack - in February to call attention to the alleged violations. The union has criticized the immigration raids and is suing US Immigration and Customs Enforcement for raiding the Swift meatpacking plants in 2006. A report is expected by the end of the summer.

US Senator John F. Kerry and Lieutenant Governor Tim Murray also appeared before the commission yesterday to support its work.

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