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Hundreds Arrested In Immigration Raid At Hyundai Facility In Georgia Hundreds Arrested In Immigration Raid At Hyundai Facility In Georgia
Hundreds Arrested In Immigration Raid At Hyundai Facility In Georgia South Korea and immigrant rights advocates are criticizing the Trump administration after federal agents arrested nearly 500 workers at Hyundai's $4.3 billion battery plant in Georgia. The raid happened at the HL-GA Battery Company facility in Ellabell, a community about 30 miles west of Savannah, on Thursday, Sept. 4. The US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Georgia announced the operation in a news release on Friday, Sept. 5. More than 400 agents, led by Homeland Security Investigations, raided the 3,000-acre site, halting construction on a facil…

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by Chris Spiker
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Fairfield County Group Raises Money For Undocumented People, Coronavirus Help Coming From CT Fairfield County Group Raises Money For Undocumented People, Coronavirus Help Coming From CT
Fairfield County Group Raises Money For Undocumented People, Coronavirus Help Coming From CT No federal stimulus check is coming for unemployed undocumented workers now in the third month of having to choose between paying rent and buying groceries. There's no state aid either. They can't apply for unemployment and are not eligible for SNAP benefits. Knowing this harsh reality for many of its local citizens, a Fairfield County citizens group mobilized to try to help families out. The Norwalk Immigrant Community Emergency Fund organized by Unidad Latina Norwalk (ULA) has raised $2,000 of a $50,000 goal since it established a GoFundMe on May 8. Wesleyan University student and pa…

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by Donna Christopher
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Trump National In Westchester Fires Illegal Undocumented Workers During Border Wall Shutdown Trump National In Westchester Fires Illegal Undocumented Workers During Border Wall Shutdown
Trump National In Westchester Fires Illegal Undocumented Workers During Border Wall Shutdown About a dozen Latin American employees at the Trump National Golf Club in Briarcliff Manor lost their jobs after each worked there for more than a decade as managers knew they had phony documents but looked the other way, according to an investigative report by The Washington Post. The workers, some of whom won employee-of-the-month awards, were called in one-on-one and told the news on Friday, Jan. 18, amid the record 35-day government shutdown over President Trump's demand for a border wall, the report said.  Some of those fired, who make up about half the club's winte…

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by Joe Lombardi