Jonathan Adams

Multimillionaire Calls for a “New” ICE

Originally published on ImmigrationProf

We previously reported about Robert Hildreth, a self-made multimillionaire who built his fortune trading in Latin American bonds, posted bail out of his own pocket after seeing what he considered to be “un-American” images on TV of shackled workers being deported after immigration raids in New Bedford Massachusetts. Hildreth called the Greater Boston Legal Services and told them to contact him if they needed help posting bonds for undocumented workers. He also helped establish the National Immigrant Bond Fund to help immigrants bond out of detention.

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Posted at 10:36 AM, Dec 18, 2008 in Immigration | Permalink | View Comments