Dicks office aims for meeting with Border Patrol over ‘concerns’ from public

By Paul Gottlieb  Aug. 14, 2011    Peninsula Daily News
PORT ANGELES — Staff members from the North Olympic Peninsula’s congressional delegation plan to meet this
month with the U.S. Border Patrol’s top supervisor for the Blaine sector to discuss a sore point among some Peninsula residents: stepped-up Border Patrol activities in Clallam and Jefferson counties. Read more

Tell ICE to Stop Secretive Local Police Collaboration

Tell ICE to Stop Secretive Local Police Collaboration

Recently, an immigrant living in California called the police during a domestic violence incident. Instead of receiving the help she needed, she was arrested, fingerprinted and transferred into Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody—even though no charges were filed against her.
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Border patrol proposal draws support, criticism

KONP Radio News – August 20th, 2010 – 6:09 am

(Port Angeles) — A proposal that would move the local border patrol headquarters into what is now the Eagles Building has drawn support and ire in the community.

Earlier this week members of “Stop the Checkpoints” a group critical of the U-S Border Patrol took picket signs to the street in front of the Eagles Building at First and Penn. Read more

New immig. reform proposal based on human rights & a comparison chart

(from David Bacon – April 26, 2010)  see comparison chart following letter
Dear friends,

A year ago many organizations and individuals in northern California came
together to affirm the need for an immigration policy based on human rights.
At that meeting, we resolved to work on a strategy for meaningful
immigration reform, centered around an alternative to the kind of proposals
made in Congress over the last few years, and which we are hearing again
this year. Read more