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Follow Mississippi Today’s complete coverage on immigration in Mississippi, including recent workplace raids touted as the “largest single state immigration enforcement operation in our nation’s history.”

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Photo Gallery | ICE raid aftermath: Congressional hearing held in Mississippi

By Eric J. Shelton | November 8, 2019

Photographs by photojournalist Eric J. Shelton tell the story of witnesses and community members at congressional hearing on the massive August immigration raids.

ICE agent defends poultry plant raids during hearing at Tougaloo, use of resources 'shocking' to lawmakers

Photo gallery: Meet families affected by immigration raids

Relatives, communities step up to care for kids left behind in ICE raids

Law firms across U.S. form coalition to help workers arrested in ICE poultry raids in Mississippi

en español

Bufetes de abogados de varias partes de los EEUU forman una coalición para ayudar a trabajadores arrestados durante las redadas migratorias en Mississippi

By Alex Rozier | September 5, 2019

El Proyecto Corazón es un esfuerzo entre casi 50 bufetes de abogados para proveer asistencia jurídica gratuita.

Immigration

Chicken plants conspired to keep wages low at Southern plants, federal lawsuit alleges

By Anna Wolfe | September 5, 2019

Several poultry processing facilities targeted in recent immigration raids as well as one of Mississippi largest companies are named as defendants

Immigration

ICE raid: ‘It’s a weird thing to balance … His desire to work is a good thing, but in this case it counts against him’

By Alex Rozier | August 30, 2019

Ex-empleado de Koch se le otorgada derecho a fianza mientras las audiencias continuan.

en español

La redada ICE — ‘Es raro balancear esto… su deseo de trabajar es algo bueno, pero en este caso cuenta en su contra.’

By Alex Rozier | August 30, 2019

Former Koch employee awarded bond as detention hearings continue

Immigration

Danger to community or flight risk: Mother, others denied bail as hearings continue for workers detained by ICE

By Alex Rozier | August 29, 2019

Bail denied is a constant theme at Thad Cochran United States Courthouse where hearings continue this week. Use of a fraudulent identity for work often serves as evidence that defendants pose a flight risk.

en español

Peligro a la comunidad o riesgo de fuga: se le niega fianza a una madre y otros mientras los juicios continúan para trabajadores detenidos por ICE

By Alex Rozier | August 29, 2019

La negación de fianzas fue un temática constante en la corte estadounidense de Thad Cochran donde las audiencias continúan esta semana. El uso de una identidad fraudulenta para el trabajo normalmente se utiliza como evidencia de que los acusados presentan riesgo de fuga.

Immigration

Despite community ties, judge cites flight risk in denying bond to some immigrants

By Anna Wolfe | August 28, 2019

A bond hearing for immigrants detained in Mississippi raids revealed a flawed screening system resulting in error-filled paperwork

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en español

A pesar de sus lazos comunitarios, jueza cita riesgo de fuga al negar fianza de algunos inmigrantes

By Anna Wolfe | August 28, 2019

Una audiencia para inmigrantes detenidos en las redadas de Mississippi revela un proceso de reviso defectuoso resultando en papeleo lleno de errores.

Immigration

Hungry, thirsty, sleep-deprived: Some immigrants without food nearly 24 hours before first court appearances

By Anna Wolfe | August 27, 2019

Roughly 30 immigrants who were among the 680 workers detained during immigration-enforcement raids at Mississippi chicken plants earlier this month had their first day of court appearances since the raids

Government

How Mississippi, where chicken is a multi-billion dollar business, repeatedly balked at getting tougher on illegal immigration

By Anna Wolfe | August 22, 2019

State leaders applauded recent federal immigration raids in Mississippi. But in the past decade several measures to toughen state immigration laws have failed to get traction in the Legislature. One reason: the powerful poultry industry

Mike Hurst, the federal prosecutor who oversaw chicken plant raids, has long been tough on undocumented people — but less so on businesses that hire them

By Bobby Harrison and Michelle Liu | August 15, 2019

Hurst’s record on prosecuting employers found guilty of violating immigration laws sheds light on how his office might handle the cases of employers ensnared in last week’s massive raids

en español

Educadores temen que redadas dramáticas dejarán trauma duradero

By Kayleigh Skinner and Larrison Campbell | August 12, 2019

La presidenta de MAE: “Que un evento tan horroroso ocurra en el primer día quiere decir que todos los afectados—estudiantes, educadores, administradores, comunidades enteras—siempre asociarán el primer día de escuela con miedo e inseguridad.”

Education

Educators fear dramatic raids on first day of school will leave lasting trauma

By Kayleigh Skinner and Larrison Campbell | August 12, 2019

MAE president: “To have such a horrific event occur on the first day means that everyone affected—students, educators, families, administrators, entire communities—will forever associate the first day of school with fear and uncertainty.”

en español

La redadas de ICE causan un disminución de fuerza laboral en un sector que todavía busca llenar plazos

By Anna Wolfe | August 9, 2019

Agentes de Investigación del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional sacaron a 680 personas de sus lugares de trabajo, empresas de procesamiento de pollo, en el centro de Mississippi el miércoles en la mañana—aproximadamente el tres por ciento de los empleados en la industria del procesamiento de pollos en el estado.

Equity

ICE raids cause labor decline in sector already seeking to fill thousands of positions

By Anna Wolfe | August 9, 2019

Some plants may have to close or cut operations after massive immigration raids removed 680 people from their workplace. Workers released by ICE likely won’t be rehired and face an uncertain future.

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