On Monday July 13, two people from New Haven were detained in East Haven. One was coming from My Country Store, an Ecuadorian owned business on Main Street. The other was coming visiting his girlfriend. Both were taken to jail and turned over to immigration authorities. Since the incident on Monday we have learned of at least five other cases where people were stopped for no other reason than the color of their skin and the streets they were traveling on, then pushed through the inhumane process of deportation.

Other cities, such as New Haven and Hartford, have created policies that prevent police from racially profiling Latino, particularly from asking about legal status. All we ask is that East Haven adopt a similar policy.

Mayor April Capone Almon says she is meeting with the community to resolve these issues. What she has actually done is meet with business owners and officials from the justice department. Capone Almon says she does not have the luxury of choosing which federal laws to enforce and which ones not to. New Haven and Hartford’s policies have proven that mayors do have control over their police departments, and can decide how to handle immigration issues on a local level. By saying her hands are tied she is choosing to turn her back on Latino residents as they are carted off to deportation centers.

On August 15 we are going to march into East Haven to say No to attacks on the immigrant community, no to racial profiling, and no to deportation.

You can contact Unidad Latina at 203-606-3484 or via Email: ulaccion@gmail.com or ulaccion@yahoo.com to endorse or get more information

Date: Saturday, August 15, 2009
Time: 12:00am – 2:00pm
Location: outside of Mc.Donalds at 687 Main St East Haven, CT

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