After confrontation with ICE official, hundreds walk out of "inSecure Communities" forum in VA

On August 24, 2011, community members from Arlington, Va marched to a forum about the so-called "Secure Communities" program. After numerous speeches denouncing the program, two local immigrants with deportation orders confronted Marc Rapp, who oversees Secure Communities, demanding that he shut down the program all together. Hundreds then stood up and walked out of the meeting in defiance of the Task Force, which they called a "sham".

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[cecilianavila]

This is what I hear in between the lines, she doesn't want to be deported because it would either be hard work to come back in, illegally no doubt, or she would have a hard time becoming legal through her child. How is that fair to her child? These kinds of people use their children instead of doing the process themselves. Get OUT!!!! You don't deserve to stay here!!!

[cecilianavila]

You're making us Legal Mx look bad!! She says she's not a criminal! If she went to school she would know that illegal means: unlawful - illicit - illegitimate - lawless - wrongful And from the other videos I've watched of her, she says the same 'ole thing like a broken record.....

[cecilianavila]

Get out I'm a legal U.S resident!!! Do these people know how much I went through to do everything right? No! If Mexicans would freakin stay in school instead of running around in their streets looking for guys or whistling a girls they would have more chances to come here legally!! I say get out!! and if you want to have rights and want to contribute to this country, do it legally...

[VAlady748]

NO sympathy for the ILLEGALS!!!! GO HOME!!

[VAlady748]

Illegal is illegal! If they want their families to stay together ...stop coming here illegally and stay home!

[VAlady748]

Why hasn't the woman who is speaking out learned English?? Go back to where ever you came from!

[backrubs62]

what do people illegally in this country not understand? illegal is illegal

I know secure communities is supposed to go after the real violent criminals, however anyone in the US illegal is violating US immigration laws whether they like it or not

[RebelGirlTV]

These two women had the opportunity to sign up and give their testimony in turn like everybody else. Instead they interrupted just as Fr. Grinnell was called on to speak. A few speakers later, half of the protestors walked out after one of them announced that they were wasting their time. The video doesn't show that many people stayed in the room out of respect for the many opponents of Secure Communities who were waiting to give their testimony. This was a disrespectful media stunt.