Steve Brown, executive director of the RI chapter of the ACLU, stopped by the set of WPRI-WNAC-TV's Newsmakers this morning to discuss GPS monitoring of students in Middletown and illegal immigration.
I asked Brown about the case of Mynor Montufar, the illegal immigrant from Guatemala who was arrested after being identified on the front of the ProJo as the father of Rhode Island's New Year's baby, and his own level of responsiblity for the situation. Brown responded by saying that Montufar wanted to be there for the birth of the baby, and that for ICE to prioritize his arrrest and detention was mean-spirited and contrary to the Bush administration's touting of its "family values."
Brown also said that the current focus on illegal immigration in America should be viewed in the context of the hostility long faced by immigrants in the US.
The show will be broadcast Sunday, at 5:30 am on Channel 12 and at 10 am on Fox 64.