Mon 6 Oct 2008
At least from where I sit, it appears that much of the work being done in the immigrant rights movement — and certainly the work we are doing here in Connecticut — is reactive. Whether it’s a one-shot deal like a demonstration responding to an ICE raid or a longer campaign such as the fight for a pro-immigrant ordinance in Hartford, there has been precious little discussion in movement circles about strategy.
That’s why the recent release of a large number of documents by DHS/ICE in response to a FOIA request by community groups in New Haven deserves much attention. Thanks to the efforts of Junta and Unidad Latinas en Accion and their attorneys from Yale, documents have been obtained showing the discussions in the Department of Homeland Security and with the federal prosecutors office regarding New Haven’s passage of the Elm City ID ordinance and the ICE raid that followed almost immediately after.
[more at Two Good Hands]