Saturday, October 20, 2007

Xenophobia or Cleverness?

Deerfield Beach, FL
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flbthreat1020pnoct20,0,3823295.story

I am requesting that [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] come into our building and do a door to door documentation of everyone's legal status in this country ... If you do not make yourselves available with your documentation, I will allow authorities to do whatever they deem necessary, including forcible entry into the unit," wrote Lilyann Ferrara, in a letter circulated Oct. 8 among tenants, about 70 percent of whom are Brazilian.

After some tenants called their lawyers and denounced the letter, Ferrara abruptly resigned Oct. 14, citing health problems. At an emergency meeting Thursday, board members voted in a new president.

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