More than 300 suspected illegal immigrants arrested in South Carolina
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More than 300 suspected illegal immigrants were arrested Tuesday morning at a chicken processing plant near Greenville, S.C. -- the latest in a stepped-up federal enforcement effort that has resulted in the deportation of thousands of illegal workers in recent months, reports Richard Fausset.
Tuesday’s raid was led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials and involved hundreds of agents from numerous agencies. The target was Columbia Farms, a processing plant that had been the subject of a 10-month criminal investigation.
Resident David Wynn witnessed the hubbub from down the street and applauded the news.
‘The excuse that they’re taking jobs that Americans won’t do -- well, that just doesn’t hold water anymore,’ said Wynn, 48, the co-owner of a nearby air-conditioning wholesaler who spoke Tuesday afternoon by phone. ‘With the economic crisis we’ve got going on, we’ve got to put a stop to it.’
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