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Fall-Out Over Mississippi Immigration Raid Continues

September 8, 2008 – 5:19 pm

In Laurel, Miss., where 595 suspected illegal immigrants were arrested in an ICE raid on a Howard Industries plant earlier this month, the fall-out has yet to settle. The ACLU is investigating charges that workers were segregated by ethnicity and arrested immigrants denied counsel. Locally, the families of arrested immigrants are living in uncertainty, while [...]

By Amy Crawford | Posted in Immigration: New Voters, Old Fears | Also tagged Columbia, ice, Immigration, immigration raid, Laurel, Mississippi | Comments

In Largest Raid Ever, ICE Arrests Almost 600 Suspected Illegal Immigrants

August 27, 2008 – 10:04 am

U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement detained 595 suspected illegal immigrants after a raid at a Mississippi electrical parts plant on Monday. The raid targeted Howard Industries, one of the largest employers in Laurel, Miss., a city of about 18,000. Eight of the immigrants are facing federal charges of using stolen social security numbers, according the [...]

By Amy Crawford | Posted in Immigration: New Voters, Old Fears | Also tagged Columbia, illegal immigrants, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, immigration raid, Laurel, Mississippi, Postville | Comments

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