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Immigration arrests in the workplace will harm all Pennsylvania workers

ICE arrests in the workplace harm all workers, including U.S. citizens, by disrupting worker organizing for better wages and allowing employers to evade accountability for abuse.

The Kaolin Mushroom farm on Starr Road in Avondale where ICE agents conducted a workplace raid on Wednesday, May 3, 2017. A dozen immigrant workers were taken to York County Prison after the raid — which was the first workplace raid by ICE in mushroom country since the 1990s, a sign of changing enforcement priorities during Donald Trump's first term as president.
The Kaolin Mushroom farm on Starr Road in Avondale where ICE agents conducted a workplace raid on Wednesday, May 3, 2017. A dozen immigrant workers were taken to York County Prison after the raid — which was the first workplace raid by ICE in mushroom country since the 1990s, a sign of changing enforcement priorities during Donald Trump's first term as president.Read moreEd Hille / Staff Photographer
    by Caitlin Barry, For The Inquirer
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