US immigration raids on foreign-descent employees |
Agents of a US agency that enforces immigration and customs rules raided a large number of 7-Eleven convenience stores around the country, and arrested 21 people who were found to be living in the country illegally. The raids were conducted early Wednesday at 98 stores in Washington DC and 17 states, including New Jersey, Maryland, New York, Texas and California.7-Eleven stores are a chain of ubiquitous convenience store franchises that are very popular with newly minted legal immigrants, a large number of whom are of South Asian descent, including Indian. But the agency, Immigration and Custom Enforcement, did not share information about the nationality — or country of origin — of those raided or held. The individuals arrested face “removal from the country”. Workplace immigration raids are nothing new. Under President George W Bush, agents would raid places that they suspected employed people illegally in the US. During President Barack Obama, agents would conduct inspections of papers employers have to fill up about their workers` eligibility, called 1-9. The Wednesday raid was similar in nature.
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