Following the passage of the ICE ACCESS program, one of the most disgraceful acts from Mayor Boughton, the Republican majority, and the anti-immigrant zombies is the charge that ethnic newspapers and those who were against the implementation of ICE ACCESS spread misinformation and caused the fear in the immigrant community.
Meanwhile, the mayor has said the truth about the ICE program is being lost amid hysteria.
"A lot of this hysteria -- and it really is hysteria -- is being generated by the ethnic press that has spread misinformation and by other people who have political points to gain," Boughton said, pointing to Comunidade News specifically.
For now, I'm going to leave the off-hand comment regarding "those who have political points to gain" alone as we all know who he's talking about. For a politician who's known more for his vagueness and his political slight-of-hand, for him to accuse opponents of his anti-immigrant policies or the ethnic media of spreading misinformation could not go unchallenged.
In giving everyone a sneak peek at a scene from my soon-to-be released television show, I caught up with Breno De Mata of Comunidade News and gave him the opportunity to respond to the mayor's accusations.
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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.
In giving everyone a sneak peek at a scene from my soon-to-be released television show, I caught up with Breno De Mata of Comunidade News and gave him the opportunity to respond to the mayor's accusations.
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.
