[migrawatch-public] ..from AV beret Chapter about MIGRA RAIDS

This email came through to us. I wrote back asking them what they are
planning on doing when people call them and how they are
organizing...seems lilke Migra is real bad down there and all fucked up!
Read this shit that is happening to peeps...

LET'S ORGANIZE!!! NOT JUST A MARCH, BUT A MOVEMENT!!! Join us as we build
a CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE MIGRA RAIDS, AGAINST THE MIGRA and AGAINST THE
SYSTEM!

WE MUST BE ORGANIZED ON THE STREETS OF EACH BARRIO SO THAT WE CAN DEFEND
OURSELVES FROM THE POLICE, ICE, Minutemen...etc.

On Jan. 3, the council approved a measure prohibiting vehicles from
stopping near the Four Points intersection, which has been a popular
gathering spot for day laborers looking for work and in recent months has
become the scene of protests against illegal immigration. And then the
City Council voted 5 to 0 on 2/7/07 to adopt resolution No.2007-058
encouraging the federal government to secure America's borders, reject all
amnesty and guest-worker proposals and enforce racist national immigration
laws.

The Brown Berets were there to oppose this Resolution however it passed.
As a result this weekend has been a living nightmare for the citizens of
Palmdale. The LA Sheriffs Dept. have been stopping cars everywhere. As me
and Patti, a fellow Brown Beret, were driving around town we counted one
sheriff had a car pulled over on almost every block we drove down. And all
were Latino's. These people are not criminals, and they are being asked
for there papers. If no papers, they are being arrested and their vehicles
impounded. Here are just two examples, of two different people I spoke to
just today! One man stated to me his wife called him the other night
crying hysterically that she had been stopped on the way home from work.
She was asked for her papers, when she didn't have them with her, she was
arrested and their car impounded by the City of Palmdale. The husband
gathered up the papers and headed down to pick up his wife. She is here
legally and was released. However they are struggling with daily expenses,
bills, rent, children to support and the cost of life. They cannot afford
to get their car out of impound. Another example, a man goes to work in
Palmdale and the sheriff shows up to arrest someone and asks him were this
person can be found. He responds in broken English and is asked for his
papers. He had his DMV Drivers License and Social security card and his
card stating he was a political refugee from El Salvador. The Sheriff told
him that would not help and cuffed him as well as also taking many of his
fellow employees. A $3,000 bond was paid to Immigration officials and this
man was released after he was beaten by sheriff deputies. His Social
Security card and Political refugee card were never returned to him.
Somehow mysteriously his documents were lost. And again his car impounded.
With a wife and kids to support and no job this man is in fear! He was
given a list of agencies and lawyers that could assist him. He was warned
that if he doesn't show up to his court date in downtown Los Angeles or
show up without a attorney that the judge will deport him! Keep in mind
his car has been impounded and has no money to get his car back! So he
hit's the pavement to seek out some form of assistance utilizing the list
of agencies he was provided and is rejected one by one from each and
everyone, but he still has hope. He has one last chance - an agency which
will help get an attorney but he must pay a $3,000.00 non-refundable fee.
So scared and in fear for the future of his family and the fact that if
deported to El Salvador he will be murdered as soon as he arrives in
country. So he pays the $3,000.00 with money he really doesn't have. It is
the last of the families money only to be told they can't help him, but
maybe if he pays $700 more money they maybe able to find him some form of
assistance. And the family has no more! And he has been living, (and
working) here in Palmdale as a political refugee since 1989.And these two
examples are only the tip of the ice berg! People are getting pulled over
for looking Hispanic and arrested if they can't show papers. And for going
to work. And he tells me many more of his neighbors and friends are also
being threatened, and many have already been arrested. But they are
hesitant to come forward or just plain scared. Because they don't know who
to trust. Believe it or not this is happening all over Palmdale! As you
read this!

My phone has been ringing off the hook! Is this racial profiling, or
racial cleansing? Families are being ripped apart! Lives are being
destroyed! One parent deported to this country, and one to another. And
what do think happens to these innocent young kids? Our kids, our RAZA,
Our future? They become wards of the state if born here. Or child
protective services! Sound familiar - it should, "may I see your papers?"
Straight out of a movie from WWII, only this not Nazi Germany, this is
Palmdale California in the year 2007! La Raza, OUR people are under
attack, being harassed and arrested, and in some cases even beaten, and in
many of these cases, they don't know their rights. And are being exploited
and taken advantage of by the very people they are being told to go to for
help! Mi Gente if you live in Palmdale and this happens to you or someone
you know PLEASE, PLEASE don't trust what the racist Sheriffs and
immigration agents are telling you, they don't care, and they are not
trying to help you or your friends or loved ones! Call The Brown Berets we
are the only ones that are here to really help you and stand up for you
and your rights! So if you fall victim to these or someone you know please
call The Brown Berets 1(661)878-9649 And please spread the word to all our
gente and give out this number if this happens to you or someone you know
in Palmdale or the AV!

LET'S ORGANIZE!!! NOT JUST A MARCH, BUT A MOVEMENT!!! Join us as we build
a CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE MIGRA RAIDS, AGAINST THE MIGRA and AGAINST THE
SYSTEM!
The Brown Berets 1(661)878-9649 And please spread the word to all our
gente and give out this number if this happens to you or some you know in
Palmdale or the AV! AND REPOST~

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