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Workers at meatpacking towns preparing for possible immigration enforcement efforts
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For Many Immigrants, No Answers
"'For 18 years, I only spoke to my daughter by telephone,' Clara Rivas, 72, said in Spanish. 'Now I want to go home...'" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/19/AR2007031901906.html
The Washington Post, March 20, 2007
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Immigration Raid In Firebaugh Creates Fear In Mexican Immigrants
"A series of immigration raids in the town of Firebaugh have residents there concerned ... Immigration officers have arrested hundreds and they have created a sense of panic in farming communities. Even U.S. residents often have relatives or friends who are here illegally..." http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=5245535
ABC30.com (Calif.); April 27, 2007
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Hispanic Festival Canceled Due To Immigrants' Fears
NBC4.com (D.C.); May 4, 2007
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Arrests of 31 in U.S. Sweep Bring Fear in New Haven
"[S]tarting at 6 a.m. Wednesday, two days after the Board of Aldermen overwhelmingly approved the identity card plan, federal agents swept into the largely Hispanic Fair Haven community and arrested some 31 people suspected of being illegal immigrants, many in their homes. Within hours, any sense of sanctuary that the city and advocates for immigrants advocates had developed over the years was turned upside down, replaced with fear..." http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/nyregion/08haven.html