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Thursday, July 29, 2010
LULAC to rally in Hamilton today
Press release from the League of United Latin American Citizens:
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), and other civic, business and faith leaders speak out on the recent rise in crimes against Hispanics in SW Ohio. This press conference is an open call to all residents of SW Ohio, both citizen and immigrant, to urge our officials to take a strong stance against politicians and law enforcement officials who have created distrust among immigrant populations.
WHEN: 10:30 a.m., Thursday, July 29th
WHERE: BizTech Building, 20 High Street, Hamilton, Ohio 45011 (Room 116)
WHO: Jason Riveiro, LULAC Ohio State Director, Jorge Hernan Martinez, LULAC Cincinnati Legal Advisor, Leo Pierson, Sociologist & LULAC Ohio Civil Rights Director, Karen Dabdoub, Executive Director, CAIR Cincinnati
About LULAC: The League of United Latin American Citizens, better know as LULAC (www.lulac.org), the oldest and largest Hispanic membership organization in the country, advances the economic conditions, educational attainment, political influence, health and civil rights of Hispanic Americans through community-based programs operating at more than 700 LULAC councils nationwide.
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Sheriff Jones, back on Fox News, claims to deport 30 immigrants a week
Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones is well on his way to becoming a Fox News contributor. He made an appearance on Greta Van Susteren’s show a couple days ago to talk about the new secure communities program that fingerprints illegal immigrants.
Here’s a clip from Fox News:
Note this exchange at the end (full transcript):
JONES: Basically, the way I understand it, it’s people that have a criminal history. And that’s what we’re interested in. We deport from my jail in Butler County roughly 30 a week from all over the world. We have 287-G here in Butler County in my county. There’s five counties in Ohio that have this new Secure Communities system. And it’s been in operation for approximately three weeks.
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VAN SUSTEREN: Did you say that you deport 30 a month? Did I get — did I hear that correctly?
JONES: No. No, you — you got it wrong. It’s 30 a week.
VAN SUSTEREN: Thirty a week?
JONES: This is in Ohio.
VAN SUSTEREN: You — you — you in your county do 30 a week in Ohio?
JONES: Yes, in Ohio. The only border we’re with is with Canada, but we’re still a border state. And it’s — we hold prisoners for ICE. And we’re between Cincinnati and Dayton, Greta, and our population in our county is 350,000. And we’re the 8th largest of 88 counties in Ohio. Cuyahoga County is Cleveland, which is the largest county in the state of Ohio.
As we reported previously, Jones does not deport 30 immigrants a week from Butler County. Immigration and Customs Enforcement may be deporting that many immigrants who are held at the county jail through a contract with ICE, but they come from all over the country.
Do you believe Jones’ claim of deporting 30 a week inflates the perception of the number of illegal immigrants being arrested in Butler County?
