Largest US immigration raids in a decade net 680 arrests

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Largest US immigration raids in a decade net 680 arrests
 
ROGELIO V. SOLIS and JEFF AMY
,Associated Press•August 7, 2019

 
MORTON, Miss. (AP) — U.S. immigration officials raided seven Mississippi chicken processing plants Wednesday, arresting 680 mostly Latino workers in the largest workplace sting in at least a decade.

The raids, planned months ago, happened just hours before President Donald Trump visited El Paso, Texas, the majority-Latino border city where a man linked to an online screed about a "Hispanic invasion" was charged in a shooting that left 22 people dead.

"On a day when we seek unifying words and acts to heal the nation's broken heart, President Trump allows so many families and communities to be torn apart," said Angelica Salas, executive director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights.

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[bilo]

"On a day when we seek unifying words and acts to heal the nation's broken heart, President Trump allows so many families and communities to be torn apart," said Angelica Salas, executive director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights.

Then don't come here illegally.

We admit over 1.2 MILLION immigrants a year, more than any other nation in the world. Why should we turn a blind eye to the 30 million that are here illegally.