90 immigrants detained in Massachusetts raid been flown to Port Isabel
PORT ISABEL, Texas – Of the 361 immigrants rounded up in a high-profile raid in Massachusetts on Tuesday, 90 have been flown to a detention center in Port Isabel, the Department of Homeland Security has confirmed.
“We flew 90 immigrants to the Port Isabel Service Processing Center on Wednesday, and flew another 116 to a detention center [near El Paso],” Richard Rocha, a public affairs officer for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, told the Guardian.
“We are sending Massachusetts social workers to the facilities to make sure everything goes okay.”
Of the remainder, Rocha said 59 were released immediately on humanitarian grounds and will have to report back to the authorities at a later time. He said the remainder have been taken to different facilities in Massachusetts.
The raid at the factory of Michael Bianco, Inc., hin New Bedford, has caused a storm of protest in Massachusetts with Gov. Deval Patrick calling the separation of children from parents a “humanitarian crisis.”
Most of the 361 workers were young or middle-aged Latino women. Many are believed to be from Guatemala and El Salvador….
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