{"article":{"id":193347,"heading":" \tURGENT!! MIGRA RAIDS IN LA!! PRESS CONFERENCE THIS WED in LA!!!","author":"Juan Santos","created":"2007-02-14 11:45:51","modified":"2013-11-11 00:47:12","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:47:12","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>URGENT!! PLEASE SPREAD THIS TO ALL OF YOUR CONTACTS!! <br>  <br> !!!REPOST!!!  !!!REPOST!!!  <br><br>   \tURGENT!! MIGRA RAIDS IN LA!! PRESS CONFERENCE THIS WED in LA!!! <br><br> Today, February 12th 2007, Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents came onto the MTA Metro public transit system in LA to harrass the passengers about their legal status and they were even snatching people right off of the Metro!! THIS HAS GONE FAR ENOUGH!! We cannot allow these people to terrorize our communities with fear!! <br><br> Union Del Barrio and a large list of allies are calling for a PRESS CONFERENCE this Wednesday at 6pm in front of the Downtown LA Federal Building at 6pm!! Below is all of the informaiton needed! <br><br> If your organization wants to endorse this action, please contact us at <a href=\"mailto:UdB323@aol.com\">UdB323@aol.com<\/a> <br><br> BRING YOUR BANNERS, SIGNS, FLAGS..etc!!! <br><br>  <br><br>  <br>  <br> F O R  I M M E D I A T E  R E L E A S E <br>  <br> Press Conference\/Protest <br>  <br>   <br>  <br> Groups Protest I.C.E raids on MTA Lines Wednesday and the recent Migrant slayings at the border February 14, 2007 <br><br>   <br>  <br> The Raza Rights Coalition along with many other Latino and African-American community and student organizations will hold a press conference on Wednesday, February 14th, 2007 at the Downtown Federal Building to denounce the numerous attacks on our communities including the massive Immigration and Customs Enforcement&rsquo;s raids of 2006\/2007, the slayings of three undocumented migrants last week at the US\/Mexican border and the ICE raids on MTA lines in Los Angeles. <br><br> This Coalition is comprised of the following organizations: the Association of Raza Educators, Comite de Mujeres Patricia Marin, Comite Pro Democracia en Mexico, Coordinadora Estudiantil de La Raza, Danza Cuatemoc, Frente Indigena de Organizaciones Binacionales (FIOB), MEChA de Santee, Puerto Rican Alliance, Raza Graduate Student Association of UCLA, Somos Raza, Union Del Barrio and numerous African-American organizations who are in full solidarity with our movement. <br><br> During the press conference speakers will: <br>  <br> 1)       Call for an IMMEDIATE MORATORIUM on Immigration Raids; <br>  <br> 2)      Denounce the Department of Homeland Security for racially profiling, interrogating and subsequently deporting MTA passengers on February 11, 2007; and <br>  <br> 3)       Publicly call for the formation of a new migrant rights movement in Los Angeles with the first meeting on February 25th at 10:00AM   <br>  <br>   <br>  <br>   <br>  <br> Contact: Ron Gochez (323) 450-6113 <br>  <br>   <br>  <br>   URGENT!! MIGRA RAIDS IN LA!! PRESS CONFE...   <br><br> URGENT!! PLEASE SPREAD THIS TO ALL OF YOUR CONTACTS!! <br>  <br> !!!REPOST!!!  !!!REPOST!!!  <br><br> Today, February 12th 2007, Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents came onto the MTA Metro public transit system in LA to harrass the passengers about their legal status and they were even snatching people right off of the Metro!! THIS HAS GONE FAR ENOUGH!! We cannot allow these people to terrorize our communities with fear!! <br><br> Union Del Barrio and a large list of allies are calling for a PRESS CONFERENCE this Wednesday at 6pm in front of the Downtown LA Federal Building at 6pm!! Below is all of the informaiton needed! <br><br> If your organization wants to endorse this action, please contact us at <a href=\"mailto:UdB323@aol.com\">UdB323@aol.com<\/a> <br><br> BRING YOUR BANNERS, SIGNS, FLAGS..etc!!! <br><br>  <br><br> F O R  I M M E D I A T E  R E L E A S E <br>  <br> Press Conference\/Protest <br>  <br>   <br>  <br> Groups Protest I.C.E raids on MTA Lines Wednesday and the recent Migrant slayings at the border February 14, 2007 <br><br>   <br>  <br> The Raza Rights Coalition along with many other Latino and African-American community and student organizations will hold a press conference on Wednesday, February 14th, 2007 at the Downtown Federal Building to denounce the numerous attacks on our communities including the massive Immigration and Customs Enforcement&rsquo;s raids of 2006\/2007, the slayings of three undocumented migrants last week at the US\/Mexican border and the ICE raids on MTA lines in Los Angeles. <br><br> This Coalition is comprised of the following organizations: the Association of Raza Educators, Comite de Mujeres Patricia Marin, Comite Pro Democracia en Mexico, Coordinadora Estudiantil de La Raza, Danza Cuatemoc, Frente Indigena de Organizaciones Binacionales (FIOB), MEChA de Santee, Puerto Rican Alliance, Raza Graduate Student Association of UCLA, Somos Raza, Union Del Barrio and numerous African-American organizations who are in full solidarity with our movement. <br><br> During the press conference speakers will: <br>  <br> 1)       Call for an IMMEDIATE MORATORIUM on Immigration Raids; <br>  <br> 2)      Denounce the Department of Homeland Security for racially profiling, interrogating and subsequently deporting MTA passengers on February 11, 2007; and <br>  <br> 3)       Publicly call for the formation of a new migrant rights movement in Los Angeles with the first meeting on February 25th at 10:00AM    <br><br> What: Groups Denounce ICE Raids, recent border killings and ICE raids on MTA Trains in Los Angeles. <br>  <br>   <br>  <br> Where:      Edward R. Roybal Federal Building and Courthouse <br>  <br>                 255 East Temple Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 <br><br> When:  Wednesday, February 14, 2007  <br>  <br> Time: 6:00 P.M. <br>  <br> <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"URGENT!! PLEASE SPREAD THIS TO ALL OF YOUR CONTACTS!!\r\n!!!REPOST!!!  !!!REPOST!!! ","numcomment":5,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2007\/02\/193347.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":193359,"heading":"Black Panther 8 rally also there same time","article":"Emergency demonstration for Black Panther 8 Wednesday 2-14, 5 PM\r\n\r\nFor immediate release -- Please forward widely\r\n\r\nWhat: Rally and Press Conference to Support\r\nFreedom for the Black Panther Eight\r\nWhen: Wednesday, February 14, 5:00 PM\r\nWhere: Downtown Los Angeles Federal Building, 300\r\nN. Los Angeles Street at Temple\r\nWho: Panther Eight Unity Mission, including\r\nBlack Riders Liberation Party, Jericho Amnesty Coalition Los Angeles\r\n\r\nOn the occasion of a bail reduction hearing set\r\nin San Francisco for four of the eight former\r\nBlack Panthers recently indicted on 36-year-old\r\ncharges based on police torture of some of the\r\ndefendants and of the key witness for the\r\nprosecution, there will be an emergency support\r\ndemonstration and press conference to demand\r\nfreedom for the BP8 and all political prisoners.\r\n\r\nIt will take place on Wednesday, February 14 at\r\n5:00 PM outside the downtown Federal Building on\r\nLos Angeles Street at Temple Street. Although the\r\neight former Blank Panther Party members,\r\nincluding local Altadena residents Ray Boudreaux\r\nand Hank Jones, are facing trial in San\r\nFrancisco, there has been clear federal\r\ninvolvement from the very beginning, in 1971, as\r\npart of the COINTELPRO attack on the Black\r\nliberation movement. Therefore, members of the\r\nPanther Eight Unity Mission are taking their\r\npublic action at the Los Angeles Federal Building.\r\n\r\nAlthough the Eight are charged with conspiracy to\r\nkill a police officer, the real conspiracy was\r\nthe COINTELPRO secret dirty war on the Black\r\nfreedom movement and other liberation struggles,\r\nin which the FBI and local police forces killed,\r\ntortured, framed up, shot up and otherwise waged\r\nchemical, psychological and other forms of\r\nwarfare on the Panthers. The new indictments are\r\nan attempt to lock up people who withstood and\r\nexposed torture and remained steadfast in their\r\ncommitment to and love of their people. It is\r\nalso designed to intimidate supporters of new\r\nCongressional hearings into COINTELPRO, and to\r\nprevent the parole of two of the new defendants,\r\nJalil Muntaquin and Herman Bell, who have already\r\nserved more than 30 years in prison for their\r\ninvolvement in the Black liberation movement.\r\n\r\nAll people of conscience are invited to attend\r\nthe rally and press conference. Endorsing groups\r\ninclude the Black Riders Liberation Party, the\r\nJericho Amnesty Coalition, the Danza Mexica\r\nCuauhtemoc, the Puerto Rican Alliance, Asians for\r\nJericho and Mumia, Union del Barrio, Anti-Racist\r\nAction, and others that have come together to\r\nsupport the Black Panther Eight and the Committee\r\nto Defend Human Rights, their defense effort.\r\nPress statements from the community groups\r\ninvolved, a fact sheet on the case, and contact\r\ninformation for the prisoners will be available\r\nat the rally and press conference.\r\n\r\nAlso don't forget the LA premiere showing of\r\n&quot;Legacy of Torture: The War Against the Black\r\nLiberation Movement,&quot; a powerful new documentary\r\nabout the former Panthers base around their\r\nrecent incarceration as Grand Jury resisters and\r\ntheir torture back in 1971. It takes place\r\nSaturday, February 14 from 4-7:00 PM at the\r\nSouthern California Library for Social Studies &\r\nResearch, 6120 S. Vermont between Slauson & Gage.\r\nThe showing will benefit the defense of the Eight, as well as their families.\r\n\r\nFor more information, call 310-495-0299 or check\r\nwww.geocities.com\/jerichoamnestycoalitionla\r\n\r\nPANTHER EIGHT UNITY MISSION\r\n\r\nPARA DISTRIBUCION INMEDIATA\r\n\r\nAVISO DE CONFERENCIA DE PRENSA Y PROTESTA\r\n\r\nCUANDO: Miercoles, 14 de Febrero 2007\r\n\r\nDONDE: En frente del Edificio Federal en Los Angeles.\r\n300 N. Calle Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.\r\n\r\nHORA: 5:00 de la tarde\r\n\r\nEn la occasion de una audiencia para reducir la\r\ncantidad de fianza programada para San Francisco,\r\nel mismo dia, para cuatro de ocho antiguos\r\nmiembros de las Panteras Negras, recientemente\r\narrestados con cargos con 36 a\u00f1os de antiguedad\r\nbasados en tortura policiaca contra algunos de\r\nlos ausados y del testigo principal para la\r\nprosecucion, se llevara a cabo una manifestacion\r\nde emergencia y conferencia de prensa para exigir\r\nla libertad de los 8 de las Panteras Negras y\r\ntodos los presos politicos en los EEUU.\r\n\r\nAunque los 8 de las Panteras Negras enfrentan\r\nun juicio en San Franciso, es claro que ha habido\r\nintervencion federal desde el inicio del caso en\r\n1971, como parte un ataque contra el movimiento\r\nde liberacion negra. Es por eso, que miembros de\r\nla Mision Unida por los 8 Panteras estan\r\norganizando esta accion enfrente del Edificio Federal en Los Angeles.\r\n\r\nAunque los Ocho estan acusados de una\r\nconspiracion para asesinar a un oficial de la\r\npolicia, la verdadera conspiracion fue la guerra\r\nsucia de COINTELPRO, contra el movimiento de\r\nliberacion de la gente negra y otras luchas\r\nlibertarias, en la cual la FBI y las fuerzas de\r\nla policia local asesinaron, torturaron,\r\nbalearon, y generalmente ejercieron una guerra\r\nquimica y psicologica contra las Panteras Negras.\r\n\r\nEstas acusaciones contra los 8 Panteras, es un\r\nesfuerzo para encarcelar a gente que sobrevivio y\r\ndenuncio la tortura y manteniendose comprometidos y con amor por su pueblo.\r\n\r\nAuspician: Black Riders Liberation Party,\r\nthe Jericho Amnesty Coalition, the Danza Mexica\r\nCuauhtemoc, la Alianza Puertorriquena, Asians\r\nfor Jericho and Mumia Union del barrio, Accion\r\nAnti-Racista y otros grupos y individuos en apoyo\r\nde los 8 Panteras negras y el Committee to\r\nDefend Human Rights (Comite en Defensa de\r\nDerechos Humanos), el comite defensor para los 8.\r\n\r\nLIBERTAD PARA LOS 8 PANTERAS NEGRAS!\r\n","author":"FYI","parent_id":193347,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2007-02-14 16:30:25","modified":"2013-11-11 00:47:12","fileurl":""},{"id":193369,"heading":"Cihuapilli","article":"Who are what is the source of these accusations against ICE and its raids on the MTA.  I have found no resources.  Please post. ","author":"Cihuapilli","parent_id":193347,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2007-02-14 19:00:25","modified":"2007-02-14 19:00:25","fileurl":""},{"id":193414,"heading":"I second that....","article":"I think a lot of people want the groups involved in passing along the first email to at the very least send a second email in which something (I hope) is elaborated on.\r\nEspecially given the position of indymedia already...the site shouldn't just hold emails like this w\/ unfounded information.\r\nI know several people who since Monday have been searching high and low for more information.\r\nFear works both ways, people.\r\nI am not suggesting that anyone made this up.\r\nHowever, I would say we need to be responsible and thoughtful especially when many friends and family w\/o papers are riding the metro.","author":"cocacolachola","parent_id":193347,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2007-02-16 01:54:54","modified":"2007-02-16 01:54:54","fileurl":""}]}