Commission hears testimony on US immigration raids - Massachusetts

Posted on: April 8th, 2008
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“Immigrants and their advocates testified before a union-led commission at the State House yesterday that federal agents violated illegal immigrants’ constitutional rights and treated them inhumanely during recent raids, prompting swift denials from the federal government.
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The commission held its second national meeting in Boston to hear testimony about the fallout from raids in New England, from little-noticed house raids in Springfield to a massive crackdown just over a year ago at a New Bedford leather goods factory that drew national attention for separating children from their parents.”*

*From: http://www.boston.com
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