The Committee on Homeland Security held a field hearing at Tougaloo College, Thursday, November 7, 2018. The hearing highlighted the impact on the community from the massive August immigration raid. The two-panel hearing, titled Immigration Raids: Impacts and Aftermath on Mississippi Communities, were led by U.S. House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, representative for Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District.
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Rep. Bennie Thompson, chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, oversaw a field hearing at Tougaloo College Thursday, Nov. 7, where experts talked about the largest workplace immigration raid in U.S. history.
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Professor Cliff Johnson, from left, the Rev. Odel Medina, Constance Slaughter-Harvey and Lorena Quiroz serve as panelist during a field hearing at Tougaloo College in Jackson, Miss., November 7, 2019. The hearing highlighted the impact on the community from the massive immigration raid in August.
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Members of the Hispanic community hold signs in protest of the August immigration raids during a field hearing at Tougaloo College in Jackson, Miss., November 7, 2019.
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Monica San Roman Diaz holds a sign during a field hearing at Tougaloo College in Jackson, Miss., November 7, 2019. The hearing highlighted the impact on the community from the massive immigration raid in August.
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Panelists from Thursday's field hearing included, from left, Jere Miles, an ICE special agent from the New Orleans Field Office, Scott County Sheriff Mike Lee and Canton Mayor William Truly Jr.
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A member of the audience holds her head down while covering her face during the field hearing at Tougaloo College in Jackson, Miss., November 7, 2019.
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Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, questions witnesses at hearing on Mississippi chicken plant raids.
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Jere Miles, an ICE special agent from the New Orleans Field Office, defended the raid at a field hearing at Tougaloo College on Thursday, Nov. 7.