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ICE raid prompts legislation to slam employers exploiting illegal immigration
Travis Dorman  Published 9:31 a.m. ET April 11, 2018
 

Last week's federal immigration raid at an East Tennessee slaughterhouse has prompted a state senator to draft legislation that would create harsher legal and financial punishments for employers who exploit immigrants living in the country illegally.

"If we're going to have (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) coming in and creating orphans in our community, then somebody should have to bear the responsibility for that," said Sen. Jeff Yarbro,

https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/politics/2018/04/11/east-tennessee-ice-raid-prompts-legislation-slam-employers-undocumented-immigrants/505292002/