On Wednesday, August 7, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security conducted what is reportedly the largest single-state raid in U.S. history. 680 illegal immigrants were arrested in seven different food processing facilities in towns across Mississippi. Later the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Mississippi announced that certain noncitizens with small children were released on humanitarian grounds.
Source: AILA Doc. No. 19080830. & AILA Doc. No. 19080862.
