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  • Children stranded after immigration raid (after raid&arrests at New Bedford, MA leather goods maker)

    03/07/2007 10:23:15 AM PST · by NormsRevenge · 37 replies · 1,287+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 3/7/07 | AP
    NEW BEDFORD, Mass. - Dozens of young children were stranded at schools and with baby-sitters after their parents were rounded up by federal authorities who raided a leather goods maker suspected of hiring illegal immigrants, authorities said Wednesday. About two-thirds of the 500 employees of Michael Bianco Inc., mostly women, were detained Tuesday by immigration officials for possible deportation as illegal aliens. As a result, about 100 children were stuck with baby sitters, caretakers and others, said Corinn Williams, director of the Community Economic Development Center of Southeastern Massachusetts. "We're continuing to get stories today about infants that were left...