Rights workshop held amid immigration raid fears

WATERLOO -- An immigrant rights workshop -- put on in response to fears of a possible raid -- drew several hundred people Sunday at Queen of Peace Catholic Church. Hilda, who declined to give her full name because she fears deportation, lives in Waterloo with her 6-year-old daughter and husband, Enfraim, who works in construction. The family said they stayed after Mass for the meeting because they weren't sure what to do if authorities came to their home or work to arrest them. "We wanted to be prepared," Hilda said in Spanish. "We wanted to find out what to do if they detain us."

13 May 2008 @ 02:44 am

5 comments

From Sick Of Working With Illegals - 13 May 2008 @ 09:30 am

you have the right to a phone call and a one way ticket back to ol 'hole. you get a running start if you decide to self deport. now scoot.

From BW - 13 May 2008 @ 06:56 am

If it was me and the country I invaded became very hostile towards me, I would seriously think about getting out before someone shot me.

From tiredofit - 13 May 2008 @ 06:17 am

In Reply to cudzuqueen:

right on CQ....the tide is turning....as the country falls deeper into economic disaster, they are more unwanted than before...leave whence you came scumbags...

From JadedBaztard - 13 May 2008 @ 05:03 am

"Carole Gustafson, a board member at El Centro Latinoamericano, said the meeting was crucial because immigrants raised in other countries often come from a culture in which authority figures are never questioned."

And THAT ladies and gentlemen is the BIGGEST problem we have here. These parasites KNOW that our gubmint is NOT serious about enforcing immigration law. We are beginning to show them though that American citizens ARE!

From cudzuqueen - 13 May 2008 @ 03:01 am

I'll tell you what their right is, they have the right, no strike that, the responsiblity to take their children and other family members with them. They have become too dependant on us. This country doesn't need them, they need us.

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