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informacion redadas/ info. raids]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paulo Madrigal)
Tue Feb 25 10:52:05 2003
From: "Paulo Madrigal" <indio1959@hotmail.com>
To: peace-announce@MIT.EDU, peace-discuss@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 10:50:33 -0500
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<DIV></DIV>> > COALICION NACIONAL DIGNIDAD Y AMNISTIA
<DIV></DIV>> > NATIONAL COALITION DIGNITY AND AMNESTY
<DIV></DIV>> > INFORMACION / FYI
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> > [Salt
<DIV></DIV>> > Lake Tribune 2/21/03]
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> > *1. OVER 100 SEIZED IN UTAH RAID
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<DIV></DIV>> > On Jan. 19, INS agents raided the Champion Safe Company factory
<DIV></DIV>> > in Provo, Utah, arresting 107 mainly Mexican workers out of a
<DIV></DIV>> > workforce of 150. A group of 47 Mexican workers agreed to
<DIV></DIV>> > "voluntary" departure; the INS put them on a plane to El Paso,
<DIV></DIV>> > Texas, then took them across the border. The INS released several
<DIV></DIV>> > women whose husbands were also arrested in the raid and who
<DIV></DIV>> > needed to care for young children. Those workers still in
<DIV></DIV>> > custody--including Mexicans, Argentines, Uruguayans and
<DIV></DIV>> > Peruvians--are being held for suspected immigration violations
<DIV></DIV>> > ranging from visa overstays to illegal border crossings.
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> > Champion owner Ray Crosby blasted the INS: "We had Hispanic
<DIV></DIV>> > employees thrown up against buses and pulled off the toilet
<DIV></DIV>> > before they could finish their business," he said. "I am outraged
<DIV></DIV>> > that a government of the people would allow this kind of behavior
<DIV></DIV>> > by government officials." Crosby said he first heard from the INS
<DIV></DIV>> > in mid-January when two of his employees were arrested, one on an
<DIV></DIV>> > immigration violation. A week later, the agency asked him for
<DIV></DIV>> > documents on several employees. He cooperated, and INS officials
<DIV></DIV>> > said they would notify him of any problems and give him a week to
<DIV></DIV>> > fix them. He said he told the workers about the INS
<DIV></DIV>> > investigation. But, he said, "we did not hear back from the INS
<DIV></DIV>> > until 9:30 yesterday morning," Jan. 19. Workers apparently
<DIV></DIV>> > anticipated a raid, but thought it would be the next week.
<DIV></DIV>> >
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>[Salt<BR>Lake
Tribune 2/21/03]<BR><BR>*1. OVER 100 SEIZED IN UTAH RAID<BR><BR>On Jan. 19, INS
agents raided the Champion Safe Company factory<BR>in Provo, Utah, arresting 107
mainly Mexican workers out of a<BR>workforce of 150. A group of 47 Mexican
workers agreed to<BR>"voluntary" departure; the INS put them on a plane to El
Paso,<BR>Texas, then took them across the border. The INS released
several<BR>women whose husbands were also arrested in the raid and who<BR>needed
to care for young children. Those workers still in<BR>custody--including
Mexicans, Argentines, Uruguayans and<BR>Peruvians--are being held for suspected
immigration violations<BR>ranging from visa overstays to illegal border
crossings.<BR><BR>Champion owner Ray Crosby blasted the INS: "We had
Hispanic<BR>employees thrown up against buses and pulled off the
toilet<BR>before they could finish their business," he said. "I am
outraged<BR>that a government of the people would allow this kind of
behavior<BR>by government officials." Crosby said he first heard from the
INS<BR>in mid-January when two of his employees were arrested, one on
an<BR>immigration violation. A week later, the agency asked him for<BR>documents
on several employees. He cooperated, and INS officials<BR>said they would notify
him of any problems and give him a week to<BR>fix them. He said he told the
workers about the INS<BR>investigation. But, he said, "we did not hear back from
the INS<BR>until 9:30 yesterday morning," Jan. 19. Workers
apparently<BR>anticipated a raid, but thought it would be the next week.
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