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Arrests of 31 in U.S. Sweep Bring Fear in New Haven

author Published by Joe Jenkins

“[S]tarting at 6 a.m. Wednesday, two days after the Board of Aldermen overwhelmingly approved the identity card plan, federal agents swept into the largely Hispanic Fair Haven community and arrested some 31 people suspected of being illegal immigrants, many in their homes. Within hours, any sense of sanctuary that the city and advocates for immigrants advocates had developed over the years was turned upside down, replaced with fear…” http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/nyregion/08haven.html

The New York Times; June 8, 2007

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