Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Deportation memo spurs call for top immigration official's firing


Posted on Wed, Mar. 31, 2010

BY ALFONSO CHARDY
achardy@ElNuevoHerald.com

A leaked memo about the Obama administration's strategy in deporting undocumented immigrants has outraged immigrant right activists who want the president to fire a top immigration official.

The activists, including two from South Florida, demanded the dismissal Tuesday of John Morton, assistant secretary of Homeland Security for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

``He must fire Morton now,'' said María Rodríguez of Florida Immigrant Coalition, one of several immigrant rights activists who spoke during a conference call with reporters arranged by Washington-based Fair Immigration Reform Movement on Tuesday.

Posted By: Ayanna Spikes

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/31/v-print/1555963/deportation-memo-spurs-call-for.html#ixzz0kTpLzQAd

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