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Despite DHS Claims, Raid Netted Legal Worker
The Denver Post reports at least one bogus arrest: a legal worker at the site of the Greeley, Colo. raid was cuffed, bused away and detained for the day, before being released that evening. Yesterday, a DHS spokesman told me there had been no such incidents:
Sergio Rodriguez was taking a break about 8 a.m. near his position on a production line when ICE agents approached."One guy showed up and said, 'Why are you hiding there?' He put handcuffs on me and I still have the marks," he said, rolling up his left sleeve and pointing to a thin red line on his wrist.
Rodriguez, who said he has been in the United States for 27 years, said he didn't have his resident alien card with him. Although his wife brought the document to the plant, she wasn't allowed to give it to him, he said.
He said the agents told him they had a warrant for his arrest. He said he was taken to Denver and held until 8:30 p.m. Tuesday and then released.
Anyone hear of others?
Comments (7)
Darren7160 wrote on December 14, 2006 2:56 PM:Hey, what is a little inconvenience... a little loss of a person's rights? The DHS is on a mission to find a mission!!! Those illegal aliens cutting beef or picking veggies are jumbo jet pilots in the making! Everyone knows that!
Let me get this straight... it was the DHS, er, the Department of Homeland Security, that was doing this?
No wonder we can never accomplish anything! This administration has never used the right tool for the right job.
Kathryn in California wrote on December 14, 2006 7:13 PM:David Silva's wife, also mentioned in Denver Post articles.
Seems like in both cases the spouse brought the documents to the plant but weren't allowed to give them to the person.
College Progressive wrote on December 14, 2006 11:03 PM:Is there any means by which these legal workers can seek redress of grievances for false imprisonment?
Reading about this situation, it becomes fairly clear that the officers conducting this raid did not act intelligently, respectfully, or tactfully.
The question is, did they also act illegally?
Anonymous wrote on December 15, 2006 8:25 AM:From the Denver Post:
“Yesenia Montelongo stood outside the sprawling Swift meat plant here Tuesday after everyone else had left. She stared beyond the chain-link fence at a group of federal immigration officials.
“I’m waiting for my mother,” the 18-year-old senior at North ridge High School said. “I don’t know where she is.” Montelongo rushed to the plant Tuesday afternoon with her mother’s residency card. But she was unable to find anyone to take it to prove her mother’s legal status.”
but the article never said if/when she was reunited with her mother.
D wrote on December 15, 2006 11:44 AM:Is it illegal? Probably not; legal permanent residents are legally required to carry with them at all times their permanent resident card (aka Green Card) and it's a violation not to do so. Arresting and detaining them can be said to be a mistake caused by the permanent resident.
On the other hand, while it may not be illegal, it certainly seems wrong to me.
master cards wrote on April 24, 2007 7:06 AM:MasterCard Worldwide is a membership organization owned by the 25,000+ financial institutions that issue its card. MasterCard is also the company's brand of credit cards. It was originally created by United California Bank, Wells Fargo, Crocker National Bank, and the Bank of California as a competitor to the BankAmericard issued by Bank of America. BankAmericard is now the VISA credit card, issued by Visa International.
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