TRANSLATED FROM:
http://orlando.elsentinel.com/vida/oes- ... 0031.story


Tucson (Arizona), July 11 -- The Coalition for the Human Rights of Arizona has requested the support of the Hispanic community to pay the bail of 11 undocumented immigrants that were arrested in March at their place of work in Tucson.

"The bail could be paid as quick as next week. We do not know the total, but basing on other cases it could be from $5,000 to $10,000 dollars per person", said today Isabel Garcia, lawyer and director of the coalition.

The Undocumented were put under arrest on March 18 by officials of the Department of Public Security of the State of Arizona (DPS) at the "Panda Express" restaurant where they worked.

The immigrants were arrested for working with false immigration documents and social security numbers that were not theirs.

Originally the group faced charges of identity theft, but thanks to an agreement with the district attorney's office and their lawyers, this charges was diminished to that of supplanting of identity, a lesser crime than the one they declated guilt on July 7.

The defendants would be able to face a maximum sentence of two months to two years in prison, or in the best of cases leave on probation.

Due to the fact that none of them has legal status in the country, their case is found now in the hands of immigration authorities, for which the undocumented and their families have determined to fight to avoid their deportation.

"Many of them have ten years living in the United States, they are married, have children, we know that it will be a difficult fight, but we will continue ahead", finalized Garcia