An undocumented immigrant who was detained Wednesday in immigration sweeps in Mississippi says she is exhausted from the ordeal and is deciding what to do next after her release.
Morton, Mississippi An undocumented immigrant who was detained Wednesday in immigration sweeps in Mississippi said she is exhausted from the ordeal and is deciding what to do next after her release.
Cynthia was among the nearly 700 undocumented workers arrested in the raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials at seven food processing plants in six cities. She said she was released overnight in another city almost an hour from her home in Morton, where two of the plants are located. She declined to give her last name because of her legal status. Her 12-year-old daughter was seen in a video on Facebook begging an ICE official to let her see her mother.
— ICE August 8, 2019 Cynthia said ICE agents said she could go home because she was her daughter's caretaker. She was given a date to appear in court next January, she said. Cynthia said she isn't a criminal. A single mom, she has lived in the United States for more than a dozen years working and raising her family, she said. She hasn't slept in two days and will not be returning to work at the plant because officials kept her company ID. She is afraid, she said.
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