Thread by @ashtonpittman

At a Mississippi school, the children and family members of immigrants plucked out of their workplaces by federal agents in today’s historic #ICEraids weep, unsure when or if they’ll see their loved ones again. Their back to school week. Shared with permission from Miriam Sanchez

Stories of today’s #ICEraids: “Children finished their first day of school with no parents to go home to tonight. Babies & toddlers remained at daycare with no guardian to pick them up. A child vainly searched a workplace parking lot for missing parents.”
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While all this is going on, thousands of refugees and asylum seekers are now languishing in private prisons in Mississippi—including one where a deadly riot broke out in 2012 in protest of insufficient food and medical care.
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Time to ask: @SenatorWicker: Where do the children whose parents were taken in today’s ICE raids fit into your pro-life, pro-child agenda?

https://twitter.com/senatorwicker/status/1159199533412364290?s=21

Imagine your first day of school ever as a child.

It’s exciting, but scary since you’re not used to spending so many hours away from mom & dad.

Now imagine finding out that, while you were gone, some bad guys in uniform came & took your parents away.
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US Attorney Mike Hurst promises more to come for businesses that hire undocumented immigrants:

“If we find that you have violated federal criminal law, we're coming after you," said Hurst, a Trump appointee. (via @AliyahJFP)
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Michael Watson, the GOP nominee for Mississippi Secretary of State, wants to “flag” people as potentially being in the country illegally when they register to vote.

He said he will bring them into his office & ask them to prove their citizenship. #MSelex
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