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Largest US immigration raids in a decade net 680 arrests

U.S. immigration officials arrest 680 people in raids on Mississippi chicken food processing plants making it the largest workplace sting in at least a decade

Two people are taken into custody at a Koch Foods Inc. plant in Morton, Miss., on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. U.S. immigration officials raided several Mississippi food processing plants on Wednesday and signaled that the early-morning strikes were part of a large-scale operation targeting owners as well as employees. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Two people are taken into custody at a Koch Foods Inc. plant in Morton, Miss., on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. U.S. immigration officials raided several Mississippi food processing plants on Wednesday and signaled that the early-morning strikes were part of a large-scale operation targeting owners as well as employees. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)Read moreRogelio V. Solis / AP
    by Rogelio Solis and Jeff Amy, The Associated Press
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