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75 Sent To Texas After Swift Raid Returning To Colorado
POSTED: 2:25 pm MST December 17, 2006
UPDATED: 4:31 pm MST December 17, 2006
DENVER -- The Greeley Tribune reported that 75 immigration detainees shipped to Texas after the Swift raid are being returned to Colorado. The newspaper said U.S. District Judge John Kane signed an order barring them from being sent out of state. The detainees were taken to a Federal immigration jail in Texas despite Kane's order. The decision to transport the detainees back to Colorado came after the United Food and Commercial Workers union filed a lawsuit in Denver on behalf of the workers. The lawsuit charges ICE of illegally detaining, interrogating and jailing several workers.
Immigration officials detained 262 workers at the Greeley meatpacking plant last week, claiming they were illegally in the country. Ten of the 262 workers detained in the raid have been charged so far with identity theft-related crimes.
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Previous Stories:
- December 14, 2006: ID Theft Suspects In ICE Raid Appear In Court
- December 13, 2006: Swift Raid Impacts Families, Economy, ID Theft Victims
- December 12, 2006: ICE Raids Swift Plant; 800 Are Suspected Illegal Workers
- December 12, 2006: Swift Reacts To Nationwide Raids
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