BATAVIA/Immigrant rights groups rally for farm worker at bail hearing

A group of immigrant rights groups gathered outside of the Buffalo Detention Facility on Federal Drive in Batavia Thursday morning in support of farm worker/activist Jose Coyote Perez who has been held at the center for the past five weeks. Perez, of Livingston County, has been detained since February 24, …

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BATAVIA/Pair claiming to be police officers enter home on Swan street attempting to steal items, residents injured in incident

  Andrew Morris Kolton Cotter On Thursday March 23rd at 2:22 am, the Batavia Police Department investigated the report of unlawful entry into a house at 49 Swan Street. While inside the residence the two perpetrators identified themselves as police officers and then caused physical injury to the occupants of …

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BATAVIA/Rally to support farm worker threatened with deportation at Detention Center

Despite the severe winter weather conditions, about 15 people showed up early Wednesday morning for a rally to support Dolores Bustamante, who is a farm worker from Wayne County, at her hearing at the Batavia Immigration Court at the Buffalo Detention Center on Federal Drive. Bustamante came to the United …

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