Immigration Law

ICE ACCUSED OF TARGETING DAY CARE CENTERS

By Greg Siskind

Wow, DHS better hope there is no truth to this. An immigration advocacy group, the National Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Association, is claiming that ICE officials are now targeting migrant and seasonal Head Start centers in some states. Yvette Sanchez, president of the association claims "Several kids and babies died in the fields because parents were fearful of sending them to Head Start."

Jason Ciliberti, supervisory Border Patrol agent in Washington, DC, said it's not the agency's policy to stake out Head Start centers. But he admitted that it could have happened if "we believe there was an immigration violation afoot."

Full post as published by Greg Siskind's Blog on September 18, 2008 (boomark / email).