[news] Migrant Arrests Rose at Time of 2006 Protests

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

In the weeks leading up to the huge pro-immigrant rallies in the spring of 2006, rumors swirled that authorities were on the streets rounding up illegal immigrants across the country. Fear of being caught and deported kept many illegal immigrants, and some legal ones, in their homes. Non-worksite arrests did indeed jump in the first half of 2006, up 75 percent over the previous year, according to Homeland Security data released to the Associated Press.

  


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