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June 15, 2008
Barbara Lee Lashes Out at ICE
Congresswoman Barbara Lee has been a tremendous leader, advocating for progressive immigration reform and fair and humane enforcement. Matt O'Brien writes in the Contra Costa Times:
Pledging to "take them on big-time," Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, sharply criticized the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency Friday and declared she would push for measures to reduce the fear she said agents have caused East Bay immigrant families.
The Oakland Democrat told a packed North Oakland church that she wants to "ensure that ICE is following the rules and that those rules are well-known and publicized — especially when it comes to actions at schools, hospitals, religious centers and other critical community institutions."
Her comments followed a furor in Oakland and Berkeley last month when federal operations to arrest illegal immigrants, which ICE says were routine, caused panic because agents were seen in the vicinity of public schools. Click here for the rest of the story.
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I'm afraid that there is no rule or law that says that federal agents can't be near public schools. And there is no rule that says that illegal aliens should be free from fear of arrest and deportation. This is a fantasy of illegal alien advocates. That any consideration should be given at all for the feelings of illegal aliens is ludicrous and contrary to our policy to arrest and deport them. These communities are shams, built on the pretense that their citizens are legitimate residents of this country.
Posted by: Horace | Jun 15, 2008 9:14:22 PM
It's so funny that people forget that we are all so-called "ILLEGAL ALIENS" With the exception of NATIVE AMERICANS, none of us would be here without immigration....so who are we to now point the finger at these people and tell the they don't belong here- if that's the case then neither do YOU!!!!! THIS COUNTRY WAS BRUTALLY STOLEN, BUILT ON THE BACKS OF SLAVES AND CONTINUES TO PROFIT FROM THE BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS OF IMMIGRANTS.
Posted by: msoakland | Jun 24, 2008 6:20:39 PM
