A petition is being distributed to demand justice and accountability in the case of Ana Romero, a 42-year-old working woman supporting her mother and two sons going to college.
Romero, of Shelbyville, Ky., was detained on immigration charges and placed in solidary confinement in the Franklin County jail. She later was reported dead. The state police are investigating the possibility of a suicide. But Romero's family disputes any contention that she took her life. Romero's family is from El Salvador.
This country has a growing history of human beings dying in detention for immigration charges. And being in this nation illegally is not a felony or violent crime.
So why are these human beings dying? And why are these human beings undergoing torture, like in Nashville with a very pregnant Hispanic woman held by Nashville law enforcement authorities. Mrs. Juana Villegas was shackled during childbirth and aftereward. Her newborn was taken from her.
Your signature on the petition at the Internet address below will put weight behind a call for an independent investigation and justice in Romero's case. It also will send a message nationwide that these wrongs must end.
http://www.immigrantjustice.org/blog/detentionblog/justice-for-ana-romero.html
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