When federal immigration agents carried out a workplace raid at an electronics repair company in Texas this week, they handed out color-coded bracelets. People whom they deemed authorized to work in the United States received green wristbands. It was an emotional scene punctuated by the arrests of more than 280 employees who were detained on immigration violations — the biggest single workplace sweep since 2008, officials said, and the largest since President Trump took office with a pledge to crack down on illegal immigration. The employees arrested, who were predominantly women, hailed from 15 countries, including El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Nigeria and Venezuela, according to ICE. The agency said more than half of the workers had been released with orders to appear before a federal immigration judge, but 110 people remained in custody as of Thursday.

Source: New York Times April 04, 2019 21:39 UTC