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Immigration-rights group to file complaint with Organization of American States in D.C.

Published on: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:11:36 GMT

Immigration-rights group to file complaint with Organization of American States in D.C.

Sgt. Patrick Haab, the U.S. Army reservist jailed for holding seven illegal aliens at gunpoint until Maricopa County, Arizona, sheriff's deputies arrived and who was freed by that same county's district attorney after determining he had made a legal citizen's arrest should have been prosecuted, say immigration rights activists and the U.S. Attorney's Office in Arizona.

The 24-year-old Haab was arrested and charged with seven counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after drawing a pistol on a group of men he said charged him at an Interstate 8 rest stop. The men later were determined to be illegal aliens from Mexico.

After review of the charges, Maricopa County District Attorney Andrew Thomas determined that Haab's actions were legal under a Arizona law that authorizes citizens to make arrests if a felony or certain specified misdemeanors have been committed. The "coyote" smuggling the six other illegal immigrants committed a felony, Thomas said, as did his passengers who committed felonies when they conspired to illegally enter the U.S.

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