State Assemblyman Greg Ball believes that correctional officers should receive immigration law enforcement training.
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Last week, the Danbury City government gave its police chief authorization to enroll officers in the ICE training while Brewster Village officials have also expressed a desire to have village cops enrolled.
Ball criticized both decisions: "This is really not the way to go because most local police agencies don't have the resources or the time to dedicate themselves to immigration law enforcement."
For those who don't know Ball, here's my report on him and his anti-immigrant political antics from last year.
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On September 26, 2007, ten plaintiffs filed suit in response to an arrest of aday laborers at a public park in Danbury, Connecticut. Plaintiffs amended their complaint on November 26, 2007.
The amended complaint states that plaintiffs sought to remedy the continued discriminatory and unauthorized enforcement of federal immigration laws against the Latino residents of the City of Danbury by Danbury's mayor and its police department.
Plaintiffs allege that the arrests violated their Fourth Amendment rights and the Connecticut Constitution because defendants conducted the arrests without valid warrants, in the absence of exigent circumstances, and without probable cause to believe that plaintiffs were engaged in unlawful activity. In addition, plaintiffs allege that defendants improperly stopped, detained, investigated, searched and arrested plaintiffs. Plaintiffs also allege that defendants violated their Fourteenth Amendment rights when they intentionally targeted plaintiffs, and arrested and detained them on the basis of their race, ethnicity and perceived national origin. Plaintiffs raise First Amendment, Due Process and tort claims.
Plaintiffs request declaratory relief, damages and attorneys fees.
...when anti-immigrant politician like New York State Assemblyman from Brewster Greg Ball criticizes his decision to use local police as immigration agents.
On September 26, 2007, ten plaintiffs filed suit in response to an arrest of aday laborers at a public park in Danbury, Connecticut. Plaintiffs amended their complaint on November 26, 2007.
