Plainfield Hispanic-rights group hires lawyers in immigration suit
PLAINFIELD —The Latin American Coalition, a city Hispanic-rights group, has retained attorneys from a prominent New York City-based civil-rights organization in response to a federal lawsuit that has the potential to turn the city into the epicenter of the national debate concerning illegal immigration.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gangs face new threat: deportation
FRESNO, Calif. — In California, Central San Joaquin Valley gang enforcers are using a new weapon: deportation orders.
Officials say the tactic already is a success. Nearly three dozen gang members who were in the U.S. illegally have been sent back to their home countries since the program's first arrests in February.
