Across the state, Ohioans are outraged at the military-style immigration raid carried out by federal agents at Corso’s Flower and Garden Center in northern Ohio. At this link are quotes from leaders denouncing the raid and expressing concern for the futures of affected workers, children, families, as well as...
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Updated: June 21, 2018 Ohioans are outraged at the military-style immigration raid carried out by federal immigration agents at Corso’s Flower and Garden Center and Fresh Mark meat processing plants. Following are quotes from leaders denouncing the raids and expressing concern for the futures of affected workers, children, families,...
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In the wake of Trump’s workplace deportation raid in Sandusky, Ohio, nationally syndicated columnist Connie Schultz details the widespread community panic and the ripple effects of the raids: innocent children left without parents or caregivers. Schultz concludes, “This is what we do now in America. Our government singles out...
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Where is the Rest of the Ohio Congressional Delegation? Cleveland, OH – Cleveland.com is reporting that Senator Sherrod Brown has strongly denounced yesterday’s aggressive, military-style raids on the Corso’s Flower and Garden Center in Sandusky and Castalia, calling them “immoral” and an “insane policy.” Sabrina Eaton reports: “Tearing families...
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Yesterday, as TV cameras rolled, two hundred ICE and CBP agents–aided by “aerial surveillance”–descended upon Corso’s Flower & Garden Center in Sandusky, OH. All told, more than 100 men and women were arrested. Reporters from a local TV station were on the scene when the raids occurred, making it clear that...
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Sandusky, OH — As TV cameras rolled, two hundred law enforcement agents–aided by “aerial surveillance”–descended upon Corso’s Flower & Garden Center, arresting workers left and right in what may be the largest immigration raid yet under Trump’s regime. All told, more than 100 men and women were arrested in...
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Cleveland, OH — Under President Trump, the twin police forces of U.S. Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have resorted to increasingly authoritarian tactics, regardless of the consequences for public safety and basic human rights. “The Border Patrol and ICE are now operating like political police forces...
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Events in nearly 30 cities are registered on familiesbelongtogether.org Cleveland, OH – In response to the Trump Administration’s needless and harmful separation of immigrant children from their parents—and the prosecution of parents seeking safety for their children in the United States—Ohioans are rallying on Friday, June 1st, as part of the National...
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Cleveland, OH – This week, a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Texas shot and killed an unarmed woman who had allegedly crossed the border without authorization. Let that sink in. An American law enforcement agent shot an unarmed woman in the head and killed her, simply because he...
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