Hispanic Day Laborers Sue Freehold, Claiming Right to Gather to Seek Work

 Source : Hispanic day laborers sue freehold, Claiming Right to Gather to Seek Work.December 31, 2003.
 http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/31/nyregion/hispanic-day-laborers-sue-freehold-claiming-right-to-gather-to-seek-work.html?ref=freedom_of_assembly

Constitutional Connection: First Amendment. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibit the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

Explanation of Connection:  A group of Latin men filed a suit that stated their First Amendment rights were being violated. They would come together to wait for contractors to hire them for landscaping or construction work on a daily basis.  The residents of the community did not like the men waiting around in groups. The community threaten to call Immigration on them. This article demonstrates that the New Jersey community did violate the men's right to assemble. They were not causing problems.. They just wanted to look for work.

It seems to me that the community were racial profiling. They were concerned that the men were illegal immigrants. I wonder if they would have done the same if the men were white or of European descent.