Dozens of Children Stranded after Immigration Raid

[katty]

Children Stranded After Immigration Raid

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Mar 7, 3:18 PM (ET)

By RAY HENRY

(AP) Employees are escorted out after an early morning raid by federal immigration officials at the...
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NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) - Dozens of young children were stranded at schools and with baby sitters after their parents were rounded up by federal authorities who raided a leather goods maker suspected of hiring illegal immigrants, authorities said Wednesday.

Immigration officials said 327 of the 500 employees of Michael Bianco Inc., mostly women, were detained Tuesday by immigration officials for possible deportation as illegal aliens.

About 100 children were stuck with baby sitters, caretakers and others, said Corinn Williams, director of the Community Economic Development Center of Southeastern Massachusetts.

"We're continuing to get stories today about infants that were left behind," she said. "It's been a widespread humanitarian crisis here in New Bedford."

[Sequoia]

1. News about this in the North Bay area last night

and they showed the people from the knees on down with lots of children with their clean socks being interviewed and little baby feet running around.

This is terrible. Hey wait...that reminds me:



This bit struck me:

"From 2004 and 2006, it won $82 million in military contracts to make products including lightweight backpacks. An Army spokesman did not return a call seeking comment about the status of the contracts."

[Der Blaue Engel]

2. Every day, something new makes me feel ashamed of my country

I hope I hear compassion and true progressive outrage in this thread.

[peacetalksforall]

3. Michael Bianco, Inc - contract with the military

Here's a link to the company:

http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2006/02/06/daily29.html

To keep from crying, I'm going to get angry instead.

Does anyone want to rant about the incredible duality of the government raiding a company that the government has a contract with? Is Bush trying to show us that he is diligent about immigration? Is this another hit to satisfy the border freaks?

Well, just go ahead and torment those children, right wing.

Can the cruelty get any worse?