In the early morning of Friday, May 18, Mexican workers and their families in Painesville OH were awakened by federal agents knocking on their doors, drawing thier weapons, and arresting people. Young girls on their way to school were questioned by the feds, including a 12 year old girl who was grabbed by the hand and asked where she was born as she walked to her school bus stop!
These vicious raids were officially called "Return to Sender(!)" and were conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency's (I.C.E.) "Fugutive Operations Team." I.C.E. said that they were looking for 15-18 people who had not complied with deportation orders, but the numbers of people taken in were much higher, and people we talked to said that the raids were done randomly. There were also people apprehended who had legal papers. Families were split apart, children left without parents, and the whole community was terrorized.
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