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PHOENIX -- More than 100 immigrant rights supporters marched on Monday to protest workplace raids conducted by the Maricopa Sheriff's Office.

The protesters met at Steele Indian School Park at Indian School Road and Central Avenue. They plan to march downtown to Immigration and Customs Enforcement at Fifth and Van Buren streets and the Maricopa County Attorney's Office at Third Avenue and Jefferson Street.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office has raided 70 businesses for identity theft and according to Carlos Garcia with the grassroots immigrants rights organization Puente Movement, the Maricopa County Attorney's Office has prosecuted all the cases.

Families are being torn apart, said Garcia.

"One way to start is to have (Maricopa County Attorney) Bill Montgomery drop the charges against the people that have been stopped in the raids and the other way is for the Obama administration to just halt the deportations.

"The immigration reform conversations are moving forward."

Jim Cross, Reporter

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    Wrote wrote...
    Go
    March 11, 2013 10:09 am
    away illegals. You snuck into the USA, or are not an actual citizen so there are consequences whether you like it or not.
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    Linebacker wrote...
    You committed a crime
    March 11, 2013 10:18 am
    using fake ID's and there by get arrested. According to Obama if you are a criminal then you get deported. So you get deported for using a fake id. PERIOD! Now go away.
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    trahe wrote...
    Camera lens adds 60 people
    March 11, 2013 10:26 am
    The camera lens must add 60 people because I only saw 40-50 people. (shrug)
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    misterosr wrote...
    If
    March 11, 2013 10:33 am
    you don't want to be deported don't do things that will get you deported. Don't sneak into this country and use a stolen or fake I.D. to gain employment and then complain about the consequences when you get caught. I don't want to go to jail so I don't rob banks. Just go back to Mexico before you get caught and get in line. By sneaking accross the border you are robbing the ones who are waiting in line to enter legally of their rightful opportunity.
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    icyou wrote...
    Wow!
    March 11, 2013 10:37 am
    More than 100 people! That's making a statement.
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    OneWonders wrote...
    Sounds like
    March 11, 2013 10:43 am
    Chemist wants to keep illegals around for slave labor...classy.
    Equal Justice, Not Social Justice.
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    DrD wrote...
    Perspective
    March 11, 2013 10:55 am
    Anyone who has had to deal with being the victim of identity theft would say that the person should be prosecuted. Many people who are prosecuted for identity theft are sent to jail/prison, whether or not they were citizens or non-citizens. Thus, families are broken up every day. Whether one is victimized by an American meth addict or an illegal alien, the outcome is often the same.
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    USCitizen wrote...
    Chemist...
    March 11, 2013 10:55 am
    YOU might invite them here to do that long list of things... I for one did not invite any of them and if they were not here we could have a decent wage for a decent days work and all our children would find summer jobs.
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    az83 wrote...
    First they are illegal...
    March 11, 2013 11:00 am
    immigrants, not just immigrants, Corporations have always wanted illegals, cheap labor. But the general populations opinion changes as the state of the economy changes. When times are good, here, mow my lawn, but when times are bad and I want to earn money by mowing lawns, you are now taking business away from me. Has been an issue throughout time around the world.
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    No more war wrote...
    Deport Arpiao & Brewer out of Office!
    March 11, 2013 11:02 am
    ....Deport Arpiao & Brewer ...out of Office!
    --> Listen to: 1480 AM, KPHX!...The Valley's Progressive Talk Radio for Phoenix!

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