ICE arrests 680 people at Mississippi food processing plants

Workers are escorted to a bus for transportation to a processing center following a raid by U.S. immigration officials at a Koch Foods plant in Morton, Mississippi, on Aug. 7, 2019. Rogelio V. Solis / AP

Immigrations and Customs Enforcement targeted a number of food processing facilities in Mississippi on Wednesday resulting in the arrests of 680 people. The department said it was the largest workplace raid in over a decade.

A tearful 13-year-old boy whose parents are from Guatemala waved goodbye to his mother, a Koch worker, as he stood beside his father. Some employees tried to flee on foot but were captured in the parking lot.”

More on ICE raid in Mississippi: it was the first week of school! Hundreds of kids have no parent to go home to. Teachers are struggling with how to comfort the kids. Cruel and heartless.

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