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#Breaking: ICE operation underway at large electronics factory in Allen, Texas. This legal immigrant fm India narrates how agents came into workplace, separating those w lawful imm. status or U.S. citizenship. Gov’t helicopters 🚁 flying above. 1/
City of Allen police are also here at North Texas factory, blocking driveway. Many police depts.—outside of Texas—refuse to cooperate much with ICE. 2/ 
Many workers, apparently undocumented, began to cry when ICE sorted workers by status, says this engineer. He is a Venezuelan w a work permit who memorized his temp. SSN and recited it to agents. ‘That is what saved me,’ he says. The engineer was given a green wrist band. 👇🏽3/
“Almost everyone” who couldn’t prove legal work status began crying, says an Ethiopian CVE employee w a green card. He was cleared and has a green paper wristband. 4/
At this @ICEgov enforcement action, there are at least three buses in the back of the CVE Technology Group factory. Several workers say that Apple and Samsung phones are made inside. 5/
.@ICEgov spokesman said this North Texas enforcement operation is part of an ongoing criminal investigation. no further details yet. The CVE factory repair and refurbishes cell phones, per CVE website. 6/
Small protest forms over immigration enforcement action just outside of Dallas. “ICE out of Texas” reads one sign. A lawyer fm @RAICESTEXAS on scene. Unclear how many workers have been apprehended, or if managers will be charged. ICE says: “ongoing criminal investigation.” 7/
“Los vemos. Los queremos,” shout enforcement protestors in Allen, Texas. An @ICEgov operation began here this mornings. This bus with the Lasalle Corrections Transport logo just drove past CVE Technology Group, where phones are repaired. 9/
When the “redada” began, Mariela Ortega thought a tornado hit bc women began running. The Venezuelan w a work permit says most workers are women w $8 an hour starting pay of $8 at CVE Technology Group. The raid caused “pain in her soul,” she says. She defends the women here: 8/
.@ICEgov arrests more than 250 in its enforcement operation today at the North Texas electronics factory, making it the largest such action in a decade, they said. ICE officials emphasize they had a criminal search warrant. 10/
These were administrative arrests, not criminal arrests. ICE officials said they rcvd tips CVE may have “knowingly” employed those without proper work documents. On transparency: Important to note names of arrested aren’t public, as would be case in other police actions. 11/
No comment yet from the electronics company—targeted for what ICE calls the largest enforcement action nationally in a decade . Here’s a detailed recap by @stellamchavez and crew of @keranews. She was 1st at scene. 12/ keranews.org/post/ice-arres…
