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January 6, 2010

10 Arrested at Protest for Jailed Immigrant Rights Leader Jean Montrevil
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Here in New York, ten people were arrested Tuesday at a rally for the
jailed immigrant rights leader Jean Montrevil. Montrevil was arrested
last week at a regular immigration check-in. He now faces deportation to
Haiti for a twenty-year-old drug conviction for which he has already
served eleven years. He has not broken any laws since then. Montrevil is
married to an American citizen and is the father of four US citizen
children. He is a longtime community leader in New York City and active
in a number of immigrant rights groups. On Tuesday, protesters blocked
traffic trying to prevent the transfer of prisoners into a Manhattan
immigration jail. Organizers say eight clergy members were among those
arrested.



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