111 Arrested in Florida Immigration Raid
Univision Online, Posted: Nov 09, 2008
MIAMI - Two days after immigrant rights groups in southern Florida sent a letter asking president-elect Barack Obama to intervene and curb immigration raids, ICE announced the arrest of 111 undocumented immigrants in a new Florida raid, Univision reports. The five-day operation was carried out in Miami, Broward, Palm Beach, Orlando, Tampa and surrounding areas. Those arrested in Florida are from Argentina, Brazil, China, Colombia, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Philippines, Tunisia, Romania and Venezuela. Of the 111 arrested, 69 remain in ICE custody of ICE and 42 were released on parole.
On Thursday, Florida activists called for a moratorium on raids until Congress passes an immigration reform bill that includes a path to legalization. The office of the president-elect responded, saying that "our position is well-known" and that his commitment “to immigration reform and all the important issues for Latinos in the U.S. still stands."
ICE teams will continue to seek out and detain "foreigners who have ignored a judge's order to leave the country," said Michael Rozos, director of ICE in Florida.
During fiscal year 2008 (Oct. 1, 2007 to Sept. 30, 2008) ICE deported nearly 350,000 immigrants, the majority of them of Latin American origin. The figure represents an 20 percent increase over the number deported in fiscal year 2007.
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melissa Lopez on Nov 17, 2008 at 12:27:23 said:
Some immigrants should have the right to be left alone. I do however think that they should have an back gound check on everyone of them. But however, there are some that come to work to support their familys. So I think that everyone should be treated equal intill proven guilty. If you look at it, all of us came from somewhere. I dont think we should treat them like animals. How would you feel if you was in their shoes. Everywhere you look there is bad , in every race , wheather it is white,black,hispanic,chinese,muslim, ect. So you can't really judge an book by its cover, if you don't know them.
Vicky Kidwell on Nov 15, 2008 at 16:02:53 said:
ok, let\'s deport everyone that\'s isn\'t a real Amercian. That\'s right, hate killed most of them and left the rest living in reserve with no rights or protection. Guess, I got to go back to Wale since that is my name sake came from. Except the 25 % I can leave here. 10% to France, 12% to Italy ect. Just cut me all up. Amercia the biggest melting pot of the world. Deal with it!
exe drake on Nov 14, 2008 at 11:34:57 said:
GOOD JOB....Now lets get the rest of them.
exe drake on Nov 14, 2008 at 11:34:08 said:
GOOD JOB....Now lets get the rest of them.
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