Federal judge faults Arizona sheriff in immigration raid:"A federal judge ruled that the office of Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio violated the constitutional rights of an Hispanic father and son who were arrested during an immigration raid in this Arizona metropolis.
"This is a very important decision. The judge said that this detention and the arrest violated the 4th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States," Alessandra Soler Meetze, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, told Efe on Tuesday.
In February 2009, Mexican immigrant Julian Mora, a legal resident of the United States for more than 30 years, was detained along with U.S. born son Julio Mora by MCSO deputies." Fox News Latino
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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