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California: Students Protest ICE Raids
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Immigration; Posted on: 2008-05-08 01:44:22 [ Printer friendly / Instant flyer ]
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Proof Positive that Brainwashing Works
Chronicle Staff Report
Two dozen students from Berkeley High School protested raids by immigration agents, donning brown armbands on Thursday to show support of the Latino community that is most often the target of immigration crackdowns.
The protest came a day after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided homes in Berkeley and Oakland and arrested suspected illegal immigrants. The raids touched off rumors that swirled around Berkeley and Oakland schools that ICE agents were going on campus to detain students who were in the country illegally.
The school districts said no ICE teams had entered school property, and that they were unlikely to do so. Berkeley district spokesman Mark Coplan said some teachers responded to the rumors by keeping students in classrooms, or giving them rides home to avoid having to deal with the immigration officials.
Coplan attributed the reaction to the Berkeley community's disagreement with federal immigration laws, and a well-founded fear of deportation.
Virginia Kice, a spokesperson for ICE, said the rumors launched a "tsunami" of calls to the ICE office.
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News Source: Chronicle
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