This afternoon I received an automated call about the INS being in the Berkeley area. WTF is the INS doing in Berkeley out of all places?
The SF Gate has an article on this incident.
Immigration arrests at homes in Berkeley and Oakland on Tuesday sent a wave of panic among parents in both cities, as authorities mistakenly believed immigration agents were raiding schools.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were in both cities Tuesday, performing routine fugitive operations, spokeswoman Virginia Kice said. Teams go out virtually every day looking for specific "immigration fugitives," she said.
Officers arrested four family members at a Berkeley home and a woman at an Oakland residence. They were not at schools.
Though I have been here for most of my life, I must admit that the word 'Migra' still has bad feelings. It's similar to someone shouting 'fire' in a crowd.
It's nice to hear that the district would not allow for any of the kids to be taken from the school.
This is very pathetic and this is adding salt to the wound of this country due to the economic fiasco, the war, and all the barbaric acts of this administration.