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Immigrant Rights Panel Feb. 2

Those who know immigrant workers are urged to make them aware of a free all-day program on Saturday Feb. 2 in New Haven to explain their rights in the workplace.

The program, aimed at both immigrants and their supporters, will have sessions on

Know Your Rights in the Workplace
Immigration Issues in the Workplace
Responding to Immigrant Raids
Models for Organization.

The ACLU of Connecticut is among two dozen sponsors.

For details, and a registration form, see Immigrant Rights Conference

Danbury: Racial Profiling?

Training Danbury police to be agents of the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency would be costly, would divert scarce police resources from customary duties, and could lead to racial profiling, the ACLU-CT told the City Council this month.

Legal Director Renee Redman warned that entering into a memorandum of understanding with the federal agency would be detrimental to all Danbury residents. Among other problems, she wrote, such a program would “erode trust between all immigrants and the Danbury police.”

Read Redman’s letter: Letter to Danbury (Immigration)

Read earlier news accounts: Danbury News-Times Coverage