concordmonitor.com
NEW IPSWICH - Jorge Ramirez, a 21-year-old roofer living in Waltham, Mass., was driving home from work last month when a police officer here asked for some identification. When he couldn't produce an American driver's license, Ramirez - an illegal immigrant from Mexico - became the latest in a series of arrests that have pushed New Ipswich to the center of the national immigration debate.
Police Chief Garrett Chamberlain has vowed to arrest any illegal immigrants he finds in his town. He's fulfilled that pledge three times in the past year, relying most recently on a unique application of an anti-trespassing law to arrest Ramirez. Chamberlain's use of local law to round up illegal aliens has earned him praise from immigration-reform activists, right-wing politicians and conservative commentators.
Posted by Suzanne at May 5, 2005