Connecticut Local Politics

Details from the New Haven Independent’s Paul Bass:

A New York City councilman has already introduced a proposal to replicate the New Haven experiment; close to half his colleagues signed on as co-sponsors.
Miami-Dade County is looking at a similar proposal. Meanwhile, activists or officials from California, Nevada, Kentucky, Maryland, Wisconsin and Arizona have contacted New Haven’s […]

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“If folks have an issue about immigration or border security, they should talk to President Bush.”
-Mayor John DeStefano to immigration protestors. New Haven is starting its controversial program to give municipal ID cards to all city residents–including illegal immigrants–today.

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The latest veto:
Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell vetoed a bill today that would have extended favorable in-state college tuition rates at Connecticut colleges and universities to children of illegal immigrants.
Rell said that while she is sympathetic to the plight of the students, they are living in the U.S. illegally and she does not want to […]

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From the Courant:
Five days after the raids, Lieberman, U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd and U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, whose 3rd Congressional District includes New Haven, sent Chertoff a letter seeking an explanation.
“We are troubled by reports about the manner in which this enforcement operation was conducted, and about the timing of the action …,” they wrote […]

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Sixteen of the immigrants arrested in last week’s controversial raids in New Haven had their day in court in Hartford today. The cases will be continued to next week to allow attorneys to gather evidence to support the stance that the raids were improperly conducted.
There were protests in Hartford this morning outside the courthouse. […]

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John DeStefano did good this week. Real good.
By now you all know the story. Early Wednesday morning Federal Agents raided the community of Fair Haven and arrested 31 undocumented workers. They took these people our of their homes, in many cases arresting them in front of their children. The incident […]

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Update (by Gabe): 29 total people were arrested - more in a bit.
2nd Update (by Gabe): I just got off the phone with the Boston-area spokesman for ICE, Paula Grenier. She informed me that the 29 people who were arrested were a mix of people who have had immigration hearings already and […]

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Tonight, New Haven has passed the first legislation of its kind in the country by a vote of 25-1 - A municipal ID bill that would open up an array of services to New Haven residents, including undocumented aliens.
The Courant had a story today that explains the program:
To address the problem, New Haven wants to […]

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