Julia Barajas
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September 29, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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The incoming Trump administration has said workplace raids will be restarted as part of their mass deportations promise.
This has left people in the area anxious about the deep impact new workplace raids could have on the community's economy and psyche. www.npr.org/2024/12/09/g...
This has left people in the area anxious about the deep impact new workplace raids could have on the community's economy and psyche. www.npr.org/2024/12/09/g...
Mississippi communities scarred by ICE raids fear future under Trump
Morton and nearby towns in central Mississippi saw the biggest workplace ICE raids in the country in 2019, when nearly 700 workers were arrested from chicken processing plants. Five years later, the impact is still felt here, even as activists and immigrants brace for more workplace raids under a second Trump term.
www.npr.org
December 9, 2024 at 9:44 PM
The incoming Trump administration has said workplace raids will be restarted as part of their mass deportations promise.
This has left people in the area anxious about the deep impact new workplace raids could have on the community's economy and psyche. www.npr.org/2024/12/09/g...
This has left people in the area anxious about the deep impact new workplace raids could have on the community's economy and psyche. www.npr.org/2024/12/09/g...