bigred1says
10-10-2007, 09:50 AM
March planned Saturday to protest Irving immigration stance (http://thevoice.name/?p=3991)
Posted October 10, 2007
Hispanic activists are planning a march Saturday to protest the Irving Police Department’s use of a controversial program that turns illegal immigrants who have been arrested over to federal officials for deportation proceedings.
“We think it’s excessive and needs to be looked at,” said Jose Galvez, a rally organizer.
The march is scheduled for 3 p.m. Saturday and will begin at the corner of Rock Island Road and Main Street and move west along Rock Island to City Hall. A rally will follow.
Mr. Galvez, a Farmers Branch resident who ran unsuccessfully this year for a City Council seat there, said the march will be peaceful. He expects 400 to 1,200 people from North Texas to participate.
The march will come less than a month after more than 1,000 protesters rallied at Irving City Hall and called for an end to the city’s use of the Criminal Alien Program.
The program provides around-the-clock communication with federal authorities. Irving officials say that they aren’t deporting anyone but rather working with federal officials in a program open to all cities. Police have turned over more than 1,600 people to Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the last year.
Posted October 10, 2007
Hispanic activists are planning a march Saturday to protest the Irving Police Department’s use of a controversial program that turns illegal immigrants who have been arrested over to federal officials for deportation proceedings.
“We think it’s excessive and needs to be looked at,” said Jose Galvez, a rally organizer.
The march is scheduled for 3 p.m. Saturday and will begin at the corner of Rock Island Road and Main Street and move west along Rock Island to City Hall. A rally will follow.
Mr. Galvez, a Farmers Branch resident who ran unsuccessfully this year for a City Council seat there, said the march will be peaceful. He expects 400 to 1,200 people from North Texas to participate.
The march will come less than a month after more than 1,000 protesters rallied at Irving City Hall and called for an end to the city’s use of the Criminal Alien Program.
The program provides around-the-clock communication with federal authorities. Irving officials say that they aren’t deporting anyone but rather working with federal officials in a program open to all cities. Police have turned over more than 1,600 people to Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the last year.