Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 41 VTMBH Article: Article Order 5 VTMBH Article: Title Protest for detainees in front of the INS VTMBH Article: Author Carolina Sotola VTMBH Article: Publication Hoy VTMBH Article: Original Language Spanish VTMBH Article: Translator Hannah Emmerich VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body More than 10 non-governmental organizations convened yesterday to protest the United States immigration policy and the detention of 75 immigrants in the Passaic County Jail. The detainees, who come from over 40 countries in Latin America, Asia, Africa, and Europe, were charged for being in the United States without legal documents, and most have been held in Passaic, N.J. prison since the middle of this year. We want to make public the statement the prisoners signed, in which they detail the innumerable abuses committed against them, said Daniel Vila of the Coalition for the Human Rights of Immigrants (CHRI). The statement demands solutions for the detainees--who, according to CHRI member Mac Scott, have no connections to terrorist groups, nor do they represent a threat to national security. Some of these prisoners have been held for over a year in state prisons awaiting deportation, said Scott. This is a direct attack. Because of the way the immigration laws of this country work, [the detainees] dont even have the right to a court-appointed lawyer. According to Scott, in most cases once the INS arrests someone, a background check takes three days and then immigrants detained by the INS can remain in prison for anywhere from two months to a year. Vila explained that detainees are usually transferred from local to state prisons in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and other northeastern states. Many of the detainees come from New York prisons and sometimes their families dont even know what happened to them, said Vila. We have one case of an Ethiopian immigrant, Nesiredin Ebrahim, who disappeared three weeks ago. His family and friends dont know where he is after so many transfers. This person could be dead, Vila added. For many immigrants detained in U.S. prisons awaiting imminent deportation, some with a criminal record and others without, the case of Vidal Ramírez is all too familiar. According to his mother, María Ramírez, Vidal was arrested in Long Island in 2001 for for driving under the influence and sentenced to one year of prison in 2001. From then until July of this year he was at a Nassau County prison. Then, he was transferred to federal custody, to Passaic County Jail where he awaits deportation to El Salvador. My son doesnt want to go back to his country, said María Ramírez. He has family here, a wife and three children who need him. He doesnt have much hope, she added. CHRI is aware of at least 75 cases of detainees held in cells rented by the federal government from the Passaic County Jail at a cost of $77 a day. The federal government should stop this practice of indiscriminately detaining immigrants under the US Patriot Act," said Scott. With the application of the Patriot Act the face of American society will change completely. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-10-30 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 112 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Protest for detainees in front of the INS 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-10-30