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Comunidades Seguras generan ‘terror’ – IMPRE

Programas como Comunidades Seguras tienen “errores fundamentales”, son aplicados con “desproporción” y “dañan la credibilidad” de las agencias federales de seguridad de EE.UU. ante los inmigrantes, criticaron diversos grupos activistas. El programa Comunidades Seguras y otros como el 287g, que persiguen a inmigrantes con antecedentes penales, suponen que cualquier detención o contacto con la policía por parte de un inmigrante pueda causar que se remita de manera inmediata información a la Oficina de Inmigración y Aduanas (ICE). En algunos casos, estos procesos pueden culminar en la deportación. “Esto ha generado un estado de terror” en comunidades con alto número de inmigrantes indocumentados, aseguró Adelina Nichols, directora de un grupo latino de derechos humanos en Georgia. – IMPRE 03.01.2012

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Protesters: 287(g) Policy Erodes Trust – KUHF

“We feel that there’s enough evidence to show that these programs damage communities and so, we wanted to put those concerns before the sheriff, and ask him to desist from this effort to give credibility to the 287g program.”          She claims the law empowers local law enforcement — trained by federal immigration authorities — to intercept, interview and hold foreigners, who are suspected of being in this country illegally. “Our concerns deal with the fact that 287(g) has been a very harmful program to communities.” – KUHF 02.29.2012

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Federal Judge Blocks Anti-Day Laborer Portions of SB 1070

A federal judge blocked police in Arizona from enforcing a section of the state’s 2010 immigration enforcement law that prohibited people from blocking traffic when they seek or offer day labor services on streets.

U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton ruled Wednesday that groups seeking to overturn the law will likely prevail in their claim that the day labor rules violate the First Amendment.

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