Immigrants' Rights Protest in Danbury CT
Thursday, January 03, 2008
From The People of Faith: Progressive Politics & Activism!
Immigrants' Rights Protest
Thursday, January 3
6:30 PM
Danbury City Hall
155 Deer Hill Avenue, Danbury
On January 3rd, 2008, Danbury Common Council
is due to vote on the 287g ACCESS program
that would allow the Local Police, and the
City of Danbury to enter into a memorandum
of understanding with the Bureau of
Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Under this memorandum, local police officers
would be trained by ICE Agents to perform
ICE investigations, arrests, detainments, and
possibly even begin the deportation process.
Local Police who sign on for the training
within this program are under the direction
and supervision of Federal ICE Agents, and are
not bound by the same limits as police officers
who are not under the auspices of ICE.
Immigrants rights activists statewide believe
that this is a dangerous, and horrendous policy
for the city of Danbury to enter into.
Danbury will be the first city in the State of CT
to accept the implementation of this program, and
immigrants rights advocacy groups from various
communities all over the state realize that what
happens here in Danbury as a result of this
program could easily effect their own communities
in the future. Danbury has always been a testing
ground for Immigration Enforcement in CT.
Activists oppose this program in Danbury as they
would in their own communities.
Directions to Danbury City Hall:
http://www.ci.danbury.ct.us/content/399/972.aspx
Sponsored by Stop the Raids, Danbury.
For more information call:
203-512-3452 (Jean) before 3pm
203-448-9140 (Beth) after 3pm
