Children In Limbo After Immigration Raids

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The fate of children who are U.S. citizens but whose parents live in the country illegally is uncertain following a six-state sweep Tuesday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials. ICE officials rounded up and arrested almost 3,000 suspected illegal immigrants at six Swift & Co. meatpacking plants in Colorado, Nebreaska, Texas, Utah, Iowa and Minnesota on Tuesday.

A union spokesman said Wednesday that as many as 250 workers were detained in Nebraska, TV station KETV reported.The threat of deportation could leave the city of Grand Island caring for scores of children who are U.S. citizens but whose parents now face possible deportation.

Barr Middle School in Grand Island became a shelter for children on Tuesday. Teachers and other school officials spent the day finding safe places for children of parents in federal custody.

Grand Island Schools Superintendent Steve Joel said the mothers taken into custody were released to come home and take care of their children, but that some of those children might not see their fathers for a long time. "By 3:30, kids were pretty traumatized," Joel said. "They didn't know what they're facing when they go home


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Oh, and of course what really matters (insert sarcasim incon):

"Quite honestly, you're looking at two weeks before Christmas, and there is buying power leaving the economy," said Sarah Macquiddy, president of the Greeley Chamber of Commerce. "I'm sure that Swift will be able to survive this. But if they don't, it's really sad. The issue being made out of the illegal aliens is minuscule compared to the impact that Swift has on our economy."