> -----Original Message----- > From: Brad or Carol Pass [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED])] > Sent: Sun 5/20/2007 9:00 PM > To: Carol Pass > Cc: > Subject: ICE Raid-Saturday, Bloom/ Lake > Phillips residents and others- > Check out the following report from Linda Leonard re: > the ICE raid on Saturday morning. Read the article at > the weblink, and consider coming to the meeting on > next Saturday. > Yesterday, Saturday, ICE (US Immigration and Customs > Enforcement) carried out a sting operation on > Bloom/Lake on immigrants apparently involved in > criminal activity. ICE operatives took several people > into custody from the apartments above the Guayaquil > Restaurant, However, in the process of this action, > they began their staging operations from the parking > lot of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, a major outreach > congregation to Latino people, and would not leave > when asked to do so. They also apparently grabbed > additional people from the street on Bloom, swept the > premises of the Guayaquil Restaurant, and appeared to > have taken the restaurant's customers into custody, > much to the dismay of the owner. > My own sense was that, at the least, the ICE action on > Bloom/Lake Saturday was sloppily arranged in regard to > the surrounding community with little concern on the > part of ICE for the community engagement side of their > actions. It was intimidating of residents, potentially > deeply damaging to businesses on Bloom/Lake, damaging > to the relationship of the community with the Mpls. > police, hurtful to the Christian community serving the > Latino population and perhaps, in some areas, > unconstitutional and illegal. > Of course, we support the apprehension of criminals! > But who can support such accompanying tactics??? These > negative tactics were completely unnecessary! > Criminals, if there are some, can be apprehended > without staging such things from local Church parking > lots where these immigrant communities are served. > Frankly, what sort of a mindless action was that and > what was its point??? Given that there was absolutely > no necessity to begin the operation there, the only > explanation can be an intention to intimidate and > damage the ministry of those Christian people reaching > out to the many Latinos in the surrounding area. > Minneapolis police should not be subject to calls to > support such things and we understand that there is an > ordinance to protect them from being pulled into such > things!! Is there a reason why this ordinance was not > in effect? > The most positive thing that has come out of this is > that the community is more united and determined to > organize to protect our Hispanic friends and > neighbors. The community has become more militant and > more cohesive. It has also become more demanding with > respect to our public officials, both appointed and > elected. We expect kindness, sensitivity, respect and > protectiveness of our people, our businesses, and our > religious institutions. > Community members are not through with examining and > exposing what happened here and working to be certain > actions such as these do not happen like this again. > Carol Pass, President, EPIC > This from Linda Leonard, EPIC Secretary > From: > "Linda Leonard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED])> View > Contact > Details Add Mobile Alert > To: > "Linda Leonard (E-mail)" < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED])> > CC: > "hannah lieder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED])>, > "Cynthia > Aguirre" < [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED])>, > "Gabriel & Amy > Pass" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED])>, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]), > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]), "lynn > meuwissen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED])>, > "Allen, Renee M" < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED])>, > "Paul Wichmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED])>, > "Lilligren, Robert > W" < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED])>, "brad > pass" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED])>, "Annie > Young" > < [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED])>, "Mary Gonsior" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED])>, "Rosie > Cruz" > < [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED])>, "gary schiff" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED])> > Subject: > MSNBC.com Article: Arrests set off protest over ICE > Date: > Sun, 20 May 2007 00:39:18 -0500 > Arrests set off protest over ICE > The four sport-utility vehicles bearing federal > immigration agents appeared at the corner of Lake > Street and Bloomington Avenue S. in Minneapolis > shortly before noon Saturday. > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18762010/from/ET/ > (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18762010/from/ET/) > Read the weblink article, my account, and note the > meeting next Saturday. > Carol Pass and I and the kids were there with Rosie > Cruz, Pastor Patrick and others today to watch ICE > deal with the community. Understandably, Latino people > are on edge. One of my tenants was recently deported. > One of our personal concerns is that the raid started > in two parking lots of community churches. This > strikes us as offensive and inappropriate--perhaps > illegal. It certainly pitted law enforcement against > the Christian community and its efforts to serve new > immigrants from many nations. Latino people reported > their dismay with one local Latino radio station which > had reported no ICE officials present.....which misled > and confused the community. There were local reports > about people being pulled off the street by ICE > although we arrived too late to witness that. The > Minneapolis police apparently had been informed of > federal intentions, but had no part in the plan and > cooperated with ICE only to keep the crowd from > interferring. Many of us protested ICE, not the local > police. The officers we observed from the third > precinct were professional and polite, but firm. > Unfortunately, they cannot avoid being associated with > ICE and its actions. > We resent ICE coming in and making the local police > look antagonistic toward local residents. We resent > ICE intimidating people at churches. We are concerned > that the actions of ICE at the center of our > commercial district on Lake Street in Midtown and East > Phillips will have a negative effect on business in > the area. The three board members of EPIC who were > present will do our best to keep the community > informed. We expect the mayor and council members to > make public statements soon. Their absence from the > situation today spoke volumes about the way our entire > community experiences members of city government as > unaware of and unsupportive of our diverse community's > real needs--and contributions. People wanting to learn > more about immigration rights and how to protest the > actions of ICE can meet at the "Waite House on E 26th > and 13th Ave S. next Saturday at 1 pm. > Linda Leonard; EPIC Secretary
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