Rep. Jackson Lee Criticizes 'Gestapo' ICE Raids: 'These Are People Who Are Working'
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - More than 300 people living and working in this country illegally have been released on humanitarian grounds, an I.C.E. spokesman said, following raids at seven meat and agriculture processing plants in Mississippi on Wednesday.
Those released had children or other dependents to care for, an ICE spokesman told ABC News:
"During processing, each alien is asked if they have any dependents that need to be cared for," ICE Southern Region Communications Director Bryan Cox told ABC. "Any arrestee who identifies a child care issue, and is not being criminally arrested or is subject to mandatory detention, will be expeditiously processed and returned to the point of apprehension so that they can get to their child or other dependents."
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