And i'm sure the rapists would like a moratorium on enforcement of
anti-rape laws.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2006-12-25T053024Z_01_N25273852_RTRUKOC_0_US-IMMIGRATION-RAIDS.xml
Hispanic groups call for moratorium on work raids
Mon Dec 25, 2006 12:30am ET148
By Jim Forsyth
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. Hispanic groups and activists on
Thursday called for a moratorium on workplace raids to round up illegal
immigrants, with some saying they were reminiscent of Nazi crackdowns
on Jews in the 1930s.
They accused the Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement of
"racial profiling," or selective enforcement against Hispanics, for
arresting 1,300 workers on immigration violations in December 12 raids
at meatpacking plants in six states.
"We are demanding an end to these immigration raids, where they are
targeting brown faces. That is major, major racial profiling, and that
cannot be tolerated," said Rosa Rosales, president of the League of
United Latin American Citizens, at a news conference.
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"This unfortunately reminds me of when Hitler began rounding up the
Jews for no reason and locking them up," Democratic Party activist
Carla Vela said. "Now they're coming for the Latinos, who will they
come for next?"
The groups, which included LULAC, the Mexican American Legal Defense
and Education Fund, the Hispanic National Bar Association, and the
National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, sent
letters to U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, urging a
halt to the raids.
They also called on Congress to quickly to approve immigration
legislation that would allow for "guest workers" to remain in the
United States.
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