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Fish Plant Workers Flee After Raids (New Bedford)
The Boston Globe ^
| 12/7/2005
| Yvonne Abraham
Posted on 12/07/2005 5:47:29 AM PST by Andy'smom
When workers at the AML International fish processing plant arrived for their shifts at 7 a.m. Monday, officers from Immigration and Customs Enforcement were waiting for them. Eight of the men, who could not provide identification, were handcuffed and loaded into a van. Officers arrested five more men at other plants.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: aliens; ice; illegal; immigrantlist; newbedford; raid
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posted on
12/07/2005 5:47:30 AM PST
by
Andy'smom
To: Andy'smom
They ran like Chicken's of the Sea.
To: Andy'smom
Were the managers of the fish plant also arrested?
To: Andy'smom
Obligatory "netted a haul" mention.
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posted on
12/07/2005 5:50:13 AM PST
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Now that taglines are cool, I refuse to have one.)
To: Andy'smom
"Fish Plant 'Scales' Back"
To: Andy'smom
Helena Marques, executive director of the Immigrants' Assistance Center in New Bedford. ''It's only a matter of time. People are getting picked up, and then you'll see a lot of people going underground."Which means they won't be able to work illegally, and which also means there's no reason for them to be here.
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posted on
12/07/2005 5:51:54 AM PST
by
angkor
To: Tijeras_Slim
They fell for the trap hook, line and sinker.
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posted on
12/07/2005 5:52:49 AM PST
by
Fierce Allegiance
(I will prevail. I miss my best friend.)
To: Semper Paratus
"Were the managers of the fish plant also arrested?"
Of course not! I doubt they will even be fined.
8
posted on
12/07/2005 5:53:08 AM PST
by
Andy'smom
To: Fierce Allegiance
Fish plant left reeling. I guess this puts fin to their careers.
9
posted on
12/07/2005 5:54:40 AM PST
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Now that taglines are cool, I refuse to have one.)
To: gubamyster
To: Semper Paratus
They should arrest the plant managers....just for the halibut.
11
posted on
12/07/2005 5:55:55 AM PST
by
trublu
To: trublu
But I "ashore" you, they won't!
12
posted on
12/07/2005 5:56:50 AM PST
by
trublu
To: trublu
When it comes to arresting employers of illegals, ICE just flounders.
13
posted on
12/07/2005 5:57:08 AM PST
by
freedumb2003
(Vote Democrat--it's Easier than Getting a Job.)
To: freedumb2003
Illegal immigration is getting to be a major haddock.
14
posted on
12/07/2005 5:58:25 AM PST
by
trublu
To: Tijeras_Slim
I don't know, maybe some day their ship will come in.
15
posted on
12/07/2005 5:58:53 AM PST
by
Fierce Allegiance
(I will prevail. I miss my best friend.)
To: Fierce Allegiance
16
posted on
12/07/2005 6:00:03 AM PST
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Now that taglines are cool, I refuse to have one.)
To: Tijeras_Slim
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posted on
12/07/2005 6:00:49 AM PST
by
Fierce Allegiance
(I will prevail. I miss my best friend.)
To: trublu
They should arrest the plant managers....just for the halibut. They were told to clam up!
To: YouPosting2Me
Illegals take bait - 8 canned as immigration net drags through the illegal immigration tide. It was salmon enchanted morning! ;-P
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posted on
12/07/2005 6:01:11 AM PST
by
MortMan
(Eschew Obfuscation)
To: MortMan
The puns in this thread are even better than the snagging of the illegals!!!!
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posted on
12/07/2005 6:05:30 AM PST
by
Gabz
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