That's the problem

This letter to the editor from Rose DeGraff tells the story...

I read in the New Times this morning (March 25) about the Danbury 11. I wish to commend the Danbury Police for doing an outstanding job of trying to enforce the federal immigration laws keep up the good work.

NEWSFLASH: That's why Mayor Boughton, Chief Baker, and the city of Danbury are in the middle of a civil lawsuit right now. At the time of the raid at Kennedy Park, local law enforcement did not have authorization from the federal government to enforce immigration law.

Misinformed letters like this only reinforces the notion that people need to keep their local elected officials accountable for consistently misleading the public with their anti-immigrant rhetoric.

Ugh!