ICE Carries Out Largest Raid In A Decade In Mississippi As Trump Visits El Paso

Schaben, Allen J. –– – Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Fugitive Operations Team members on a raid in Los Angeles. ICE is doing its biggest ever fugitive operation, where agents pick up people who have already been deported or are criminal aliens . Photos taken Sept. 27, 2007 in Santa Ana. More than 1,300 illegal immigrants were arrested during the operation. 530 of the arrestees were taken from the streets.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Fugitive Operations Team members on a raid in Los Angeles. ICE is doing its biggest ever fugitive operation, where agents pick up people who have already been deported or are... Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Fugitive Operations Team members on a raid in Los Angeles. ICE is doing its biggest ever fugitive operation, where agents pick up people who have already been deported or are criminal aliens . Photos taken Sept. 27, 2007 in Santa Ana. More than 1,300 illegal immigrants were arrested during the operation. 530 of the arrestees were taken from the streets. (Photo by Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Immigration agents made a record number of arrests during a series of raids on Wednesday, the same day President Donald Trump visited El Paso, Texas in response to a deadly shooting in the city over the weekend.

The Associated Press reported that ICE arrested 680 people, who were mostly Latino, while raiding several food processing plants in Mississippi.

It’s unclear whether the raids were intentionally scheduled for the same day as Trump’s visit to El Paso.

Acting ICE director Matthew Albence told the AP that the raids were part of a “long-term operation that’s been going on.”

“Our enforcement operations are being done on a racially neutral basis,” Albence said. “Investigations are based on evidence.”

The El Paso massacre, which led to the death of 22 people, is currently being investigated as a hate crime after law enforcement discovered a racist manifesto ranting against a “Hispanic invasion” that may have been written by the suspected gunman.

Trump, who has derided immigration at the southern border as an “invasion,” has pushed for harsh measures against undocumented immigrants and asylum-seekers by ordering mass raids by immigration officials.

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  1. You mother f-er’s. It is not unclear to white supremacist criminals at all. This is a message directly from their leader: we will get rid of these brown people one way or the other.

    Any other admin would have informally called off any planned raids until after the last funeral.

  2. Well they probably just shut down that packing plant but people in Miss. don’t need jobs anyway so all’s good

  3. Acting ICE director Matthew Albence told the AP that the raids were part of a “long-term operation that’s been going on.”

    “Our enforcement operations are being done on a racially neutral basis,” Albence said. “Investigations are based on evidence.”

    So how many US citizens were swept up in this raid this time?
    If all the CBP detention centers are full where is ICE going to detain the suspects?
    Will the owners/employers be treated the same?
    I wonder how big hit this will cause Mississippi’s economy?

  4. Avatar for korvu korvu says:

    When was the last time there was a roundup of Russians overstaying their visas?

  5. Chicken slaughtering and processing… The dream jobs that these illegals are stealing from Americans who are knocking on the door trying to get in, and being blocked by illegals. Sad!

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