New checkpoint procedures implemented in Jackson

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Tuesday, 05/11/2013

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office and North Carolina Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union have reached an amicable settlement to allegations that the sheriff’s office racially profiled Latinos.

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Undocumented workers arrested in Jackson traffic checkpoint now free again

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Wednesday, 26/12/2012

Federal authorities have dropped deportation proceedings against 10 Latino men, all suspected illegal immigrants, who were arrested at a Jackson County license checkpoint in May.

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Latinos on protest circuit ‘sit-in’ at sheriff’s office

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Tuesday, 04/09/2012

fr sit inUndocumented workers staged a sit-in at the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office last week to protest the sheriff’s alleged targeting of Latino immigrants through deliberately placed traffic stops.

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