Thread: Sen. Coleman’s bill would nullify local rights in immigrat

Sen. Coleman’s bill would nullify local rights in immigration cases
Tuesday 05 June @ 14:53:26
Stop the raids now, says immigration rights group
by DENNIS GEISINGER
About a dozen demonstrators showed up at the Minnesota office of U.S. Senator Norm Coleman yesterday to protest against last Thursday’s U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement’s (ICE) raid in Austin, Minn., and to oppose Coleman’s proposed amendment to congressional immigration legislation that would nullify the right of local communities to choose whether or not they want to join in the enforcement of federal immigration law. Of the 20 arrests made during the May 31 raids in Austin, eight were undocumented aliens with criminal convictions--five with previous drunk driving arrests, two with previous immigration violations and one who had been convicted of identity theft in Iowa. One of the five DWI offenders, Gilberto Alejo-Ubaldo, 20, a citizen of Mexico, had convictions for “aggravated forgery, driving without a license, indecent exposure and interference with privacy/surreptitious intrusion,â€

[quote]“When things like these police raids happen, people are afraid to go outside or send their children to school,â€