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Walmart aclara rumor de redadas

Corporación apoya la reforma migratoria

Por Jorge Cancino, Univision.com*

MIAMI – En un mensaje de dos párrafos publicado en su página de Internet y fechado el 9 de marzo, la corporación Walmart aseguró que “en ninguna de sus tiendas se están realizando redadas coordinadas con la Oficina de Aduanas y Control Fronterizo (ICE)”.

No tienen fundamento

“Los rumores que están circulando por medio de mensajes de texto, y otros medios, indicando que Walmart está apoyando o coordinando redadas contra inmigrantes en nuestras tiendas son falsos”, se lee en el comunicado.

“Estos rumores son erróneos y sin fundamento. Pensamos que es lamentable que estos rumores sean propagados”, agregó. READ THE FULL ARTICLE >>

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On behalf of the SDIRC Communications Coordinator:

For the past two days, we have posted what little information we do know about the supposed Walmart raids, which is what we have seen published on behalf of Walmart stores, and from the San Diego office of the American Friends Service Committee.  We have asked for anyone who has been a witness to these raids to send us an email, submit a comment, or call us.  Normally, people have been contacting us through the website for personal immigration related questions.

Between March 9th and March 10th, our site received 2,637 hits, with half of these being unique hits.  We typically receive between 100 – 200 hits a day.

People have been accessing the site from 27 different states across the country, including Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, New York and other states.

Up until today we have received no single eye-witness testimony of raids happening in any store.  A couple of people have commented that they heard about ICE being seen near a store, but again, they did not say that they themselves saw immigration officials.  This does not mean that ICE or Border Patrol are not visiting stores or that they will not do so in the future, but on our end, there has not been one single confirmation as of yet of raids taking place.  Again, if anyone does have first-hand information to confirm raids are taking place in stores, please let us know by sending us an email, commenting below, or by phone.

Please watch this report that comes from Houston, Texas.

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From the SDIRC Communications Coordinator:

Due to the messages that have been circulating regarding immigration raids at Walmart, the store released a statement yesterday in English and Spanish.  Our intent in providing some clarity on this issue is to avoid the spread of and the deepening of the fear that already exists within the immigrant communities, and we do not intend to speak for Walmart.

If there are cases of immigration officials, be they Border Patrol or ICE, apprehending people in any store, we must receive reliable, first-hand information from eye-witnesses, or through any other form of documentation such as pictures or video, in order to take any type of action to hold these stores accountable.  We encourage all people to document and report human and civil rights violations whenever they are witnessed.

Statement from Walmart:

As of March 9, 2010

The rumors circulating via text message, and other means, about Walmart coordinating or supporting immigration raids in our stores are not true. These rumors are baseless and inaccurate. We think it’s unfortunate that such unsubstantiated rumors are spread. READ THE FULL ARTICLE >>

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