http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/AIM/a3621~Telephone-Posters.jpgMonday, August 6, 2007
Hot line will tell of immigration raids
Coalition wants to notify people where and when immigration raids will take place, and create a support system for deportee targets.
SANTA ANA – Responding to a refusal by city leaders to declare the city a sanctuary for illegal immigrants, more than a dozen people gathered outside City Hall on Monday night to denounce recent immigration raids, accusing federal officials of "terrorizing" immigrant communities and breaking up families.
A coalition of local immigrant rights groups, including the Orange County Alliance for Immigrants Rights and the Front Against the Raids, announced a planned program to create a hot line that will notify people where and when immigration raids will take place. The program would also coordinate a support system for the families of deportee targets.
"We want to have a more organized effort to counter these attacks," said Jaime Conteras, a 20-year-old Filipino immigrant who now lives in Santa Ana. "We cannot let people trample on our rights."
Similar to programs being put together in Los Angeles County, organizers said, the hot line – in which volunteers will track details and update callers about ICE raids - will also direct relatives of detainees and deportees to legal assistance, along with information on what to do in case of a raid.
The activists urged people to call the hot line, at 714-973-7806, to report immigration raids, detentions, missing people or any abusive power by ICE or local law enforcement.
for complete article:
http://www.ocregister.com/news/immigration-raids-people-1800111-santa-haley
thanks again to Immigration Prof Blog for noting this
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