Thread: Hispanic immigrants sue U.S. city after crackdown

Hispanic immigrants sue U.S. city after crackdown By Av Harris
Wed Sep 26, 8:47 PM ET
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070927/us_ ... wsuit_dc_2

DANBURY, Connecticut (Reuters) - Ten Hispanic immigrants filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against a Connecticut city, its mayor and police chief, and federal agents who led a crackdown on illegal immigration last year.

The suit filed in U.S. District Court in New Haven, Connecticut, claims the arrests violated the civil rights of nine workers and a 10th man who was stopped at a traffic light, including their right to due legal process, free speech and freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures, according to court documents.

It is the latest legal challenge to crackdowns on illegal immigrants, as localities nationwide grapple with how to handle their status.

The lawsuit claims undercover police in Danbury, Connecticut, lured the workers into a van by posing as contractors looking for day laborers.

"He offered us work and we took it," plaintiff Juan Barrera told a news conference, referring to an undercover police officer. "We didn't know why, but they immediately arrested us and put us in handcuffs. We didn't know what was going on.

"They treated me like a violent criminal and all I was trying to do was find work," Barrera added.

After their 2006 arrest in a sting set up by local and federal authorities, the men were handed over to federal agents, held without charge for days or weeks, then transported to detention centers before being released on bond, court documents said.

The plaintiffs, represented by Yale University law students, claim the U.S. Constitution protects the civil rights of all people in the United States. The attorneys would not discuss their clients' immigration status or their countries of origin.

Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton vowed to defend the city.

Boughton, a Republican, is a well-known crusader against illegal immigration. Two years ago, he wanted Connecticut State Police find illegal workers and turn them over to the U.S. immigration agency for deportation. Connecticut Gov. Jodi Rell rejected the request.

After their 2006 arrest in a sting set up by local and federal authorities, the men were handed over to federal agents, held without charge for days or weeks, then transported to detention centers before being released on bond, court documents said.

Not deporting them immediately was the first mistake! The second mistake was releasing them on bond. How does releasing them on bond differ from catch & release? Illegal immigrants should not be eligible for release back on our streets under any circumstance. These lawsuits wouldn't be happening if their butts were shipped back to their homeland.

So illegal aliens think they are immigrants with civil rights.

When they come to court, transfer them to ICE.

Dixie

The ONLY people without civil rights are those who want to enforce the laws and to save our country. Invaders have the nerve to tell us that they have rights. Well I guess they have a point. My senators aid flat out told me they are more important than I am. Those that try to enforce the law are either arrested or sued. Is there any sanity left in this country?

Chertoff said they will continue to crackdown on business that hire illegals and the suit ACLU has to stop them in one state will not prevail. He is sure that raids will continue.

Chertoff said they will continue to crackdown on business that hire illegals and the suit ACLU has to stop them in one state will not prevail. He is sure that raids will continue.

Thank you, Dyehard.

That's what we need to hear.

Figures it's Yale law students. And the Amexican Criminal Liberties Union can go to...well, you know.

Last I checked, wasn't the Constitution's Bill of Rights granted to CITIZENS?

Originally Posted by AmirFazadh

Figures it's Yale law students. And the Amexican Criminal Liberties Union can go to...well, you know.

Back to Mexico??

Last I checked, wasn't the Constitution's Bill of Rights granted to CITIZENS?

That was the INTENT, however the wording just says "the people". Many people who lived here at the time were not covered, and it actually had to be amended to specifically include these groups. ie women, blacks ect..... With historical precedent it could probably be proven that "The People" refers to citizens. But with some of the whacked out decisions judges have been pulling out of their pockets, it would be a coin toss as to who would win.



But what do I know, My Senator Frankensteins Aid told me that there was no difference between an illegal and a Citizen.

Talk about gall. They are in this country illegally, yet have the audacity to file a lawsuit. This is the monster our traitorous so-called representatives have created with their pathetic pandering. It's disgusting.