The Hammer Falls?
This article on CNN.com* is pretty disturbing. Hopefully, this will be one isolated incident; but based on the I.C.E. official's statements and with the May Day demonstrations just around the corner we could very likely see a real increase of this type of repression over the next couple weeks.
Here in Knoxville these fears really came out when a county sheriff detained two vehicles of a large caravan of folks from upper East TN who were on their way to the April 10th demo here in town.
Here in Knoxville these fears really came out when a county sheriff detained two vehicles of a large caravan of folks from upper East TN who were on their way to the April 10th demo here in town.
Is this the article you wanted to link to?:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/04/20/immigration.raids/
Though this is packaged as a "get tough on employers" tactic, in reality, of course, it is the immigrant workers who will be penalized and not the bosses.
4/20/2006 05:49:00 PM
Klement, thanks for the right link.
The NYTimes ran this article officially announcing pogram's kick-off. In Tennessee we saw over 80 workers rounded up as a part of these raids last week alone...
4/24/2006 01:35:00 PM