Immigrants Advised of Their Rights in Sweeps
If stopped by the U.S. Border Patrol, immigrants should remain calm and may refrain from answering questions, elected officials and Latino activists said at a Friday news conference in protest of the recent deportation of over 150 illegal immigrants. Documented and undocumented immigrants have the right to a phone call, the right to a lawyer, the right to say nothing and the right to a hearing before an immigration judge, according to public officials and attorneys. [more]