Hispanics protest police action in Ashtabula

ASHTABULA, Ohio (AP) — Members of the Hispanic community are complaining that police in Ohio’s northeast corner are targeting them on behalf of federal immigration agents.

A Hispanic advocacy group had a news conference Wednesday in Ashtabula calling for fair treatment by law-enforcement officers. The group claims police in the area about 50 miles northeast of Cleveland are making unwarranted traffic stops and raiding homes in the middle of the night.

The sheriffs of Ashtabula and Lake counties say deputies don’t stop people without cause.

Lake County Sheriff Dan Dunlap says targeting immigrants would be useless because they would return six weeks after getting deported.