Families Affected By Mississippi ICE Raids Scramble To Find Support
After last week's ICE raids at poultry plants, families in Carthage, Miss., try to navigate a path forward with the help of a local church, immigration lawyers and social workers.
by Debbie Elliott
Aug 13, 2019
3 minutes
The Mississippi ICE raids swept up nearly 700 undocumented workers from several food processing plants last week. Among those stripped away from their jobs and arrested was Angel Lopez's father.
"These past few days have just been hard because I've had to stay strong for my family," Angel Lopez says.
The 15-year-old and his two younger brothers were all born in the U.S. Their parents entered the country illegally from Guatemala 18 years ago and settled in
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