Thread: ICE Preparing Ominous Raid in Mississippi

From the Open Border group, National Network for Immigrant & Refugee Rights comes this whine.


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, August 22, 2008

TO: Editor/News Director


Contact:
Patricia Ice-office 601-354-9355
Bill Chandler-office 601-968-5182




JACKSON, MS - A series of preparations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on the Gulf Coast has local advocates on edge about the possibility of yet another worksite raid, and yet another devastating blow to businesses, families and communities in the name of immigration enforcement.

"The preparations we are seeing ICE make are alarmingly similar to what occurred immediately prior to the raid on the Agriprocessors, Inc. Kosher meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa, a few months ago, " said Patricia Ice, an immigration attorney and spokesperson for MIRA. ICE has reportedly booked dozens of rooms in hotels on the Gulf Coast. They may be checking in as early as tonight.

Perhaps even more worrisome are the reports that the federal court in Hattiesburg is being readied for a response similar to the response to the raid in Postville, when nearly 400 plant workers were arrested on trumped up identity theft charges, and slammed through criminal prosecution and judicial removal (being forced to waive all their criminal defense and immigration claims) within just days of the raid.

"What happened in Postville was an absolute travesty of justice that must never happen again," said Ms. Ice. "ICE must assure that any future enforcement actions are conducted in a humane manner and that detainees are permitted their constitutional rights to due process and to legal counsel."

With all the signs pointing to an impending raid, Ms Ice, other staff and local leaders are working quickly to identify possible targets, educate workers and assemble a team of attorneys to offset the burden on public defenders and provide immigration advice.

The Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance (MIRA) is a membership-based alliance which guarantees the human rights of immigrants and all workers in Mississippi. MIRA works to support immigrants in the exercise of their rights through providing services, organizing, advocacy and public education.

www.yourmira.org

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For additional stories of abuse and background information on ICE raids and enforcement abuses, please contact the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR).

Please see NNIRR's human rights report, Over-Raided, Under Siege: U.S. Immigration Laws and Enforcement Destroy the Rights of Immigrants, where NNIRR documented over 100 stories of immigration law enforcement abuse and some 200 ICE raids during 2006-2007.

NNIRR's new initiative, Hurricane: the Human Rights Immigrant Community Action Network, continues tracking and reporting human rights violations perpetrated against immigrant and refugee members of our communities, including over 80 ICE raids to date.

Please call:
Arnoldo Garcia, (510) 465-1984 ext. 305 or (510) 928-0685 Cell.
Catherine Tactaquin, (510) 465-1984 ext. 302

Join HURRICANE: The Human Rights Immigrant Community Action Network -- help build community power for justice & human rights!
Unete al HURACAN: la Red de Accion de Comunidades Inmigrantes para los Derechos Humanos -- construyendo el poder de las comunidades por la justicia y los derechos humanos!

Click here for Hurricane/Haga click para info sobre el Huracan:
http://www.nnirr.org/resources/docs/NNI ... ative2.pdf

Click here to get a copy of Over-Raided, Under Siege, NNIRR's new human rights report! http://www.nnirr.org/resources/docs/UnderSiege_web2.pdf

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http://www.nnirr.org/resources/docs/Res ... Siege3.pdf

National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Red Nacional Pro Derechos Inmigrantes y Refugiados
310 8th Street Suite 303 Oakland, CA 94607 | Tel (610) 465-1984 | Fax (510) 465-1885
www.nnirr.org

What happened in Postville was an absolute travesty of justice that must never happen again," said Ms. Ice. "ICE must assure that any future enforcement actions are conducted in a humane manner and that detainees are permitted their constitutional rights to due process and to legal counsel.

I'm sorry Ms. Ice, you don't set immigration policy and federal law enforcement doesn't answer to you for their actions!

If they're gearing up for another raid BRAVO !!!!!

Originally Posted by LawEnforcer

"The preparations we are seeing ICE make are alarmingly similar to what occurred immediately prior to the raid on the Agriprocessors, Inc. Kosher meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa, a few months ago, " said Patricia Ice,

This has got to be the pinnacle of coincidence, a pro-illegal activist named Ice!!! Ms. Ice opposes ICE raid!!!

Hahahahahahahaha

Fuel up the busses

Remember that song "Get Down On It" ?

It's playing on my mind radio right now!

get down on it
get down on it
(come on now)
get down on it......

Can't wait to read the headlines!!!! Maybe this story will break about the time Obama announces his veep. I'd much rather read about an ICE raid, wouldn't you?

i see a phone number posted, lets go fill the voice mailbox

This is what someone posted about the warning. Sounds like Tony is a bit frustrated....

Tony Herrera
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From: Tony Herrera <therrera1...@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:21:46 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Fri, Aug 22 2008 7:21 pm
Subject: Re: [NAIR_CC:3207] For Immediate Release: ICE Preparing Ominous Raid in Mississippi ==> GESTAPO TACTICS
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Excuse me everyone,

Is there any PLAN in place besides protests and demands???? Does anyone know where they are going or are they just going? Please advise because we can't figure out what is the strategy and plan that should be guiding our actions. Could it be that it is the other way around, our actions are guiding our strategy?

If anyone has kept count, there have been probably a half a dozen "EMERGENCY" calls to action and "EMERGENCY" protests in the past several months. How can we distinguish the real "emergency" from the every day implementation of "Endgame" that we are witnessing all over the country? Didn't the "EMERGENCY" actually begin with the introduction of "ENDGAME", over five years ago? It is at its halfway point. Has anyone even thought
to think of this fact
and what the future holds and how it is to be combatted and nuetralized? Or is it just business as usual until our community is wiped out?

Can someone please fill us in?

In Solidarity,

Tony

http://groups.google.com/group/ChicagoM ... b38c0fedba

Originally Posted by fedupinwaukegan

This is what someone posted about the warning. Sounds like Tony is a bit frustrated....

Tony Herrera
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From: Tony Herrera <therrera1...@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:21:46 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Fri, Aug 22 2008 7:21 pm
Subject: Re: [NAIR_CC:3207] For Immediate Release: ICE Preparing Ominous Raid in Mississippi ==> GESTAPO TACTICS
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Excuse me everyone,

Is there any PLAN in place besides protests and demands???? Does anyone know where they are going or are they just going? Please advise because we can't figure out what is the strategy and plan that should be guiding our actions. Could it be that it is the other way around, our actions are guiding our strategy?

If anyone has kept count, there have been probably a half a dozen "EMERGENCY" calls to action and "EMERGENCY" protests in the past several months. How can we distinguish the real "emergency" from the every day implementation of "Endgame" that we are witnessing all over the country? Didn't the "EMERGENCY" actually begin with the introduction of "ENDGAME", over five years ago? It is at its halfway point. Has anyone even thought
to think of this fact
and what the future holds and how it is to be combatted and nuetralized? Or is it just business as usual until our community is wiped out?

Can someone please fill us in?

In Solidarity,

Tony

http://groups.google.com/group/ChicagoM ... b38c0fedba

To the illegal aliens, everything is and EMERGENCY.

ICE:

WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT LANDLORDS WHO RENT TO ILLEGAL CRIMINAL ALIENS?