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RI: Dozens of undocumented people who clean coutrhouses are arrested in ICE raid

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Dozens arrested in raids at courthouses Wednesday, July 16, 2008 BY KAREN LEE ZINER and FELICE J. FREYER Journal Staff Writers PROVIDENCE ? Federal immigration agents and state police raided six Rhode Island courthouses yesterday, arresting dozens of people employed by two contractors hired by the state. The detainees are all believed to be maintenance workers. The raid led to a noisy demonstration by at least 100 people outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office at 200 Dyer St. last night. Police officers arrived as the crowd grew; at one point the police pushed a line of demonstrators across the parking lot. Some in the crowd were relatives of the arrestees. Others included clergy and at least one state representative, Grace Diaz, and members of immigrant advocacy groups...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on July 20, 2008 (boomark / email).