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At night, feds continue hunting down undocumented workers
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Filipino Express, The
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July 25, 2004
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Villadiego, Rita
Filipino Express, The
07-25-2004
NEW YORK -- Claro Munoz, a Mexican used to work a helper in a vegetable
farm in Yakima Valley, Washington. In the middle of the night last week, he
was arrested in the middle of the by federal agents because he has no
working papers.
In another incident last week in San Francisco, California, federal agents
swooped down on a small apartment and arrested dozens of sleeping Hispanic
immigrants.
Rumored of widespread crackdown on undocumented workers angered immigrants
in California and Washington states leading them to protest against
immigration sweeps by the federal government.
As this developed, 130 illegal immigrants were flown back to Mexico Monday
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