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Article: INS targeting immigrant rights groups, Minnesota Hispanic activists say. (Nation).(Immigration and Naturalization Service investigates Milagros Jimenez)(Brief Article)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- April 5, 2002
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Hispanic community organizers in Minnesota claim the Bush administration used the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service as an attack dog to eliminate activism among immigrants' rights groups when INS agents arrested Milagros Jimenez on March 19.
Jimenez was a leader of Isaiah, a faith-based Minneapolis coalition that works for immigrants' rights. She had crusaded to help undocumented immigrants obtain state IDs and driver's licenses in Minnesota. She organized a March 23 event where Mexican citizens could obtain a Mexican identification card from the consul general. The U.S. Department of Treasury, the U.S. Bank and Wells Fargo recognize this card. Isaiah ...