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San Francisco | Immigrant Rights | Front Page

Tue May 6 2008 Raids on El Balazo Restaurants Spark Immigrant Rights Marches
SF Protests Against I.C.E. Raids On Friday, May 2nd, immigration agents conducted a large-scale raid at taquerias across San Francisco and the East Bay. Agents arrested about 60 employees at several locations of the El Balazo chain. Some of the workers have been released, but forced to wear electronic ankle bracelets while they await deportation hearings. Others are still imprisoned. Many were interrogated without legal representation.

ICE claims that it targets those involved in criminal activity and doesn't do random enforcement. But most of the Balazo employees had no criminal records. They were arrested for the crime of working to support their families.

On Monday May 5th, immigrant rights activists marched on the I.C.E office in San Francisco to protest the raids.

video Video: 1 | 2 | ImmigrantRights.org

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