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TOOLKIT
Uncovering the Truth Behind Police & ICE
Collaboration
On May 17, 2010, several groups conducted
a teach-in designed to share first steps local communities can take
to oppose the staggering growth of police-ICE partnerships that led to
the civil rights crisis in Arizona.
The teach-in was part of the national “Uncovering the Truth Behind
Police and ICE Collaboration” campaign. The teach-in's goal was to
empower local communities new to the issues to gain information and
generate a public discourse about programs that threaten public safety,
systemize racial profiling, and destroy communities.
Currently, these programs are being implemented at breakneck speed with
little public information or government oversight. As one example,
ICE plans to implement Secure Communities in all jails by 2013.
The teach-in was designed for local groups and community members from
diverse fields -- including immigration, criminal justice, labor, faith,
and domestic violence groups -- interested in challenging the current or
imminent threat of police-ICE partnerships in their community.
A toolkit developed by The National Immigration Project of the
National Lawyers Guild, the National Immigration Law Center, and
National Day Laborer Organizing Network can be downloaded from:
http://www.nilc.org/immlawpolicy/LocalLaw/uncover-truth-toolkit-2010-05.pdf
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