Napolitano Reforms Worry Some Immigration Advocates
By Daphne Eviatar 5/6/09 6:00 AM
When Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials raided the Yamato Engine manufacturing plant in Bellingham, Washington in February, it wasn’t just the 28 workers they arrested who were taken by surprise. The Department of Homeland Security in Washington — of which ICE is a part — didn’t know the raid was going to happen, either.
“I didn’t know about it beforehand,” DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano told the House Homeland Security Committee the next morning. “I want to get to the bottom of this as well.”
Napolitano quickly put a hold on the controversial workplace raids, promising to create a new policy.
Posted By: Ayanna Spikes
http://washingtonindependent.com/41963/immigration-raid-rules-echo-bush-era
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