Weekend Mira! : Dueling Immigration Rallies in NJ

Fri27Jul2007

Weekend Mira! : Dueling Immigration Rallies in NJ

16:40 H | Topics: Activism - Immigration - New Jersey

In what many local media are describing as a "high-noon standoff", at least three rallies about immigration are slated to take place tomorrow in Morristown, New Jersey. The events were spurred by the actions of Mayor Donald Cresitello, who sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) division, hoping to get 10 local police officers deputized as immigration agents, under the federal 287-G program. The officers would be given access to a database to inquire about the individuals' immigration status and start deportation proceedings on illegal immigrants. One rally is being led by an organization named ProAmerica Society and will feature the mayor, 9/11 Families for Secure America, the Ku Klux Klan, and Stormfront (a white nationalist organization).

A second, pro-immigrant event is scheduled to take place across the street. The third event has a more spiritual angle. It is being held at a church by an organization named Wind of the Spirit.

Via / El Diario la Prensa and The Daily Record