U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Friday stormed 11 El
Balazo restaurants around the Bay Area, arresting 63 illegal immigrants -
and drawing the outrage of immigration advocates who had marched the
previous day to call for the legalization of undocumented workers.
The raids began at 10:30 Friday morning in San Francisco, San Ramon,
Lafayette, Concord, Pleasanton and Danville and involved 62 people from
Mexico and one from Guatemala.
Virginia Kice, spokeswoman for the immigration agency, called the arrests "a
targeted enforcement action" that is part of a continuing criminal
investigation she couldn't discuss further.
Immigration officials photographed, fingerprinted and interviewed all of
those arrested. Ten women and one man were quickly released on humanitarian
grounds, including pregnancy and medical concerns, pending future
immigration proceedings, Kice said.
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Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Maryland: Activist home raided by police
Monday, May 5th, Montgomery County Police, seemingly under the command of a detective from the DC police(MPD), raided my home in Maryland while I was not present, seeking to steal any and all electronic devices capable of storing audio or video.
At the same time, in Washington, DC, I was ambushed and searched by physical force by five cops(three park cops backing two MPD cops, and including a detective from "intelligence", Matthew Shinton. They asked questions which I did not answer. They also stole electronic devices from my pack by force. I was not shown any search warrant. It is highly unlikely that anything on these devices will prove a threat to anyone, but others possessing flash drives, etc are urged make sure the same is true of their devices.
The raid lasted from sometime in the morning until about 4PM, maybe later, and caused considerable damage, rendering my sleeping quarters uninhabitable.
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At the same time, in Washington, DC, I was ambushed and searched by physical force by five cops(three park cops backing two MPD cops, and including a detective from "intelligence", Matthew Shinton. They asked questions which I did not answer. They also stole electronic devices from my pack by force. I was not shown any search warrant. It is highly unlikely that anything on these devices will prove a threat to anyone, but others possessing flash drives, etc are urged make sure the same is true of their devices.
The raid lasted from sometime in the morning until about 4PM, maybe later, and caused considerable damage, rendering my sleeping quarters uninhabitable.
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Ohio: 4 arrested during commemoration of Kent State Massacre
Kent police arrested four protesters who were part of a group of about 200 who blocked the West Main Street bridge for about an hour late Sunday afternoon.
The group was taking part in a scheduled march from Kent State University into the town as part of the May 4 commemoration of the campus shootings of protesters 38 years ago.
Police said members of the Kent State University Anti-War Committee and the Portage Community Peace Coalition occupied and blocked the bridge for about an hour.
The four people who were arrested about 4:35 p.m. were released after they were charged with failure to comply with police orders to clear the road, police said.
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The group was taking part in a scheduled march from Kent State University into the town as part of the May 4 commemoration of the campus shootings of protesters 38 years ago.
Police said members of the Kent State University Anti-War Committee and the Portage Community Peace Coalition occupied and blocked the bridge for about an hour.
The four people who were arrested about 4:35 p.m. were released after they were charged with failure to comply with police orders to clear the road, police said.
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