RSSArrested migrants urged to be silent
J.J. Jackson* | February 24, 2008 |
Community groups are responding to a controversial crackdown on illegal immigrants with a controversial plan of their own: They are giving undocumented people advice on how to avoid being deported.
Immigration advocates say they are simply trying to protect the rights of illegal immigrants, not teach them how to beat the system.
Critics say the advice amounts to helping people who have broken the law. “It shows blatant contempt for the rule of law in this country and blatant contempt for local police working with federal authorities to clean up this mess,” said Chris Simcox, president of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, a civilian border-watch group.
The crackdown, led by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, has thousands of immigrants, both legal and illegal, flocking to forums held monthly by at least three pro-immigrant community groups that are giving advice on how to avoid getting de- ported.
The advice most emphasized: Remain silent.
Evelyn Cruz, who heads the immigration clinic at Arizona State University’s law school, said the U.S. Constitution guarantees certain rights to everyone, regardless of legal status, including the right to remain silent.
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