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mahatmakanejeeves

(60,987 posts)
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 03:34 PM Apr 2018

ICE raided a meatpacking plant. More than 500 kids missed school the next day

ICE raided a meatpacking plant. More than 500 kids missed school the next day

By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN

Updated 7:01 AM ET, Thu April 12, 2018

(CNN)Jessica Bailiff looked out at her class and saw empty desks where her students were supposed to be.

The physics teacher's heart sank. She knew why they weren't there.

The day before, federal authorities had swept through a nearby meatpacking plant, rounding up nearly 100 people they accused of being in the United States illegally.

Immigrant rights groups say last week's operation in eastern Tennessee was the largest workplace immigration raid in a decade.
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ICE raided a meatpacking plant. More than 500 kids missed school the next day (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2018 OP
Kick and recommend for visibility of this evil. bronxiteforever Apr 2018 #1
" You need papers to work here!" Mopar151 Apr 2018 #2
Will the meat packing plant be hiring unemployed coal miners as replacements? DBoon Apr 2018 #3

Mopar151

(10,180 posts)
2. " You need papers to work here!"
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 03:47 PM
Apr 2018

This is where you go to get them. Bring them with you,when you bring back the application.

DBoon

(23,061 posts)
3. Will the meat packing plant be hiring unemployed coal miners as replacements?
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 03:52 PM
Apr 2018

I am not expecting it somehow

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