BlackPoliticsontheWeb.com (Free subscription) | 08/31/2008
... Federal court in Hattiesburg, where they were charged with aggravated identity theft. Afterwards Barbara Gonzalez, spokesperson for the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), stated the raid took place because of a tip by a “union member” two years before. Other media accounts focused on an incident in which plant workers allegedly cheered as their coworkers were led...
Truth Out (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
Phoenix - US immigration agents have arrested 595 people at a Mississippi factory in what was the largest workplace enforcement raid in the United States to date, an immigration official said on Tuesday. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Barbara Gonzalez said federal agents arrested the workers in a raid at the Howard Industries Inc. factory in Laurel, Miss, on Monday....
Prophecy Fellowship Forums (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
... were from Brazil, El Salvador, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, and Peru, said Barbara Gonzalez, an ICE spokeswoman. "We have kids without dads and pregnant mothers who got their husbands taken away," said Velez's son, Robert, youth pastor at the church. "It was like a horror story. They got handled like they were criminals. " Um.....they *are* criminals.....
On the Wilder Side (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
... among other products. As of late Monday afternoon, no criminal charges had been filed, said Barbara Gonzalez, an agency spokeswoman, but she said that dozens of workers had been “identified, fingerprinted, interviewed, photographed and processed for removal from the U.S.” Read entire story.
Women of Color Blog (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
Looks like all the warnings were true. This news just in: via Federal immigration agents raided a major manufacturing plant in south Mississippi on Monday, but it wasn’t immediately clear how many illegal workers were taken into custody. Barbara Gonzalez, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman, said the target of the operation was Howard Industries Inc. [...]
One Old Vet (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
Immigration Agents Raid South Miss. Factory JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Federal immigration agents raided a major manufacturing plant in south Mississippi on Monday, but it wasn’t immediately clear how many illegal workers were taken into custody. Barbara Gonzalez, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman, said the target of the operation was Howard Industries Inc. in Laurel,...
Rock The Truth (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
"Immigration agents arrest 350 at plant LAUREL - Federal immigration agents arrested some 350 suspected illegal immigrants in a raid on a Mississippi electrical equipment plant yesterday, authorities announced. Barbara Gonzalez, a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman, confirmed the arrests in the raid that she said targeted Howard Industries Inc. of Laurel (AP)." Doesn't...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
LAUREL, Miss. Federal immigration agents arrested some 350 suspected illegal workers in a raid on a Mississippi electrical equipment plant yesterday, authorities announced, hours after sealing all entrances. Barbara Gonzalez, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman, confirmed the arrests in the raid that she said targeted Howard Industries Inc. of Laurel. Authorities said...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
U.S. immigration cops nab 595 in largest-ever raidTue Aug 26, 2008 7:35pm EDTPHOENIX (Reuters) - U.S. immigration agents have arrested 595 people at a Mississippi factory in what was the largest workplace enforcement raid in the United States to date, an immigration official said on Tuesday.Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Barbara Gonzalez said federal agents arrested the...
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
DocumentsMultimediaRecent StoriesBuy AP Photo ReprintsYour Questions AnsweredLAUREL, Miss. (AP) -- Federal immigration agents said they rounded up 350 suspected undocumented workers in a raid on a Mississippi electrical equipment plant Monday, after sealing all entrances and questioning employees.Barbara Gonzalez, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman, confirmed the raid...
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
Federal immigration agents said they rounded up 350 suspected undocumented workers in a raid on a Mississippi electrical equipment plant Monday, after sealing all entrances and questioning employees.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
... the suggestion that the government’s policy had changed. “Absolutely not,” said the spokeswoman, Barbara Gonzalez, in an e-mail message. “In fact it’s the opposite.” She added that more people were being charged with crimes by ICE every year.A Mississippi immigrants rights group continued Tuesday to criticize the large-scale raid, in which numerous federal immigration agents descended...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
... of products ranging from electrical transformers to medical supplies, according to its Web site.Barbara Gonzalez, a spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, declined to say on Monday how many federal agents were involved in the raid, but said they acted on a tip provided by a union worker.In a statement to the Laurel Leader-Call newspaper, Howard Industries said the...
VivirLatino (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
... among other products. As of late Monday afternoon, no criminal charges had been filed, said Barbara Gonzalez, an agency spokeswoman, but she said that dozens of workers had been "identified, fingerprinted, interviewed, photographed and processed for removal from the U.S." Post extendido - Leer más 'When Reality is Ignored by the Political Theorists : Mississippi Raids Ignored'...
Stop the ACLU (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
... among other products. As of late Monday afternoon, no criminal charges had been filed, said Barbara Gonzalez, an agency spokeswoman, but she said that dozens of workers had been “identified, fingerprinted, interviewed, photographed and processed for removal from the U.S .” Buh bye! That’s the way to do it. Catch and deport. Of course, you know what is next, right? An immigrant rights...
