Mark Morgan, acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, defended the Mississippi arrests saying they were not 'raids,' but 'targeted law enforcement operations.'
It “was a joint criminal investigation with ICE and the Department of Justice targeting work-site enforcement, meaning companies that knowingly and willfully hire illegal aliens, so that, in most cases, they can pay them reduced wages, exploit them further for their bottom line,” he said.
“I think the American people need to understand that is exactly what is happening,” he said. “These individuals seeking a better life first are being exploited by the cartels to come here. … Once they come in the United States, then they're further exploited by United States companies by paying them reduced wages. But that is only the first element of this.
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