Mississippi immigration raids lead to arrests of hundreds of workers
Story Date: 8/8/2019

 

Source: Richard Gonzales, NPR, 8/7/19


Federal immigration officials raided several food-processing plants in Mississippi on Wednesday and arrested approximately 680 people believed to be working in the U.S. without authorization. The coordinated raids were conducted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations "at seven agricultural processing plants across Mississippi," according to an ICE statement. 

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