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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Jul. 11, 2007

Immigration Raids Trample the Constitution Without Securing the Nation

Forum Column - By Julia Harumi Mass and Phillip Hwang - ICE raids in Hispanic communities bring to light serious questions about civil liberties .

FORUM COLUMN

By Julia Harumi Mass and Phillip Hwang

      Six-year-old Kebin Reyes was sleeping on March 6 when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers stormed into the San Rafael apartment where he lived with his father, Noe Reyes. Noe told the officers Kebin was a U.S. citizen, asking permission to call a relative to care for Kebin while Noe was detained on suspected immigration violations. They refused. Instead, they m...

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