RTC Campaign

End the Transportation Sweeps!

Submitted by taskforce on Tue, 12/09/2008 - 02:43.

RTC Campaign

Amtrak & Greyhound: Come to the Table!

Friday, December 19
12:00-12:30 PM
Regional Transportation Center
Syracuse, NY

Throughout Central and Western New York, and in other parts of the country, Border Patrol and ICE are performing "sweeps" of buses and trains, seeking out travelers based on appearance or language and under the guise of Homeland Security. The reality is that tax payer money is being wasted by funding an overstaffed Border Protection presence far from the border, rounding up immigrants without proper documentation but who have committed no crime.

Contact

Detention Task Force
Meetings every other Monday
5:30pm 208 Slocum Ave.

Call Aly at (315) 472-5478
info at detentiontaskforce.org

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Pictures

12/19 RTC

12/19 Rally

Source: Flickr

Navigation

Be Advised!

Border Patrol checks travelers for papers at the bus/train station in Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo. People have been arrested and families separated.

Know Your Rights!
You have the right to refuse to answer questions, but you must give your name.

Videos

Rally at ICE Office - August 10, 2007

Videos

This e-mail was sent on August 8th, 2007:

Brothers and Sisters,

ICE arrests locally have reached a new low today. Two farm workers, both of whom were injured in an explosion about two years ago, were picked up by ICE as the workers were on their way to a doctor's appointment. We are extremely concerned about the medical and psychological consequences of these arrests (the explosion itself was traumatizing enough), and we are also appalled at the racism involved when people are "driving while Latino."