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This was �he ��zost sente�ice� in a sit�gle day° i�� the ��nrther�� Iot��a distr�et. i�tlhat is weird is it was �nost sentences in a day �ut. only took four day�s to clear up. It is rei��arka�Ie beca�se in�i��igration violatioi�s gefzerall�r fal� �.inder civil statL�es. Relativ�ly fet�� immigrants that were caught in raids have been charged with federaI criir�e� like docur��ent fraud or identity theft. Even a law professor at Lewis and Clark Law Schooi i�� Portland, Oregon said "To nly knowledge, the rnagnitude of these indict��le��ts is coan�Ietely ut�precede��ted." Ot�ly a coL�ple of �vorkers had no cr�i��inal record aecordi��g to cotirt doctzments. Repr�sentatirres fro� the Ag�iprocessors Inc. said �hat t�e,y wEre �vorking with the government and that the t�wr�er of the r�eat plant had been Iooking for a replacement for the chief executive officer af the company. They are the largest prod��cer of kosl�er r�ieat, but v��itl1 a large portion of tl�eir workforce go�3e, tl�ey will have a hard time maintaining that status. The eco��omy of Waterloo v��ll also be gr.eatly affected. The owne�• wiil have to find a new saurce of workers £ro�n withir� the U. S.A.. In tlie Bill of Rights ame�dinent ,5, it states t�at z�o olle s�a�l be depi�ived of liberty w�itl�o��t d��e process. Tl�is clearly s%orvs tliat the arrESted workers have �he rig}�t ta have due process. In the Universal i�eclaratian of Human Rights ��rticie 2, it states, "no distinctic�� shall be n�ade an the basis c�f the political, j�risdictional oz• z�te�uatiollal status of t�e cou�t�y ar tei-�-itory to �vliicli a pe� so�. belollgs." Jt�st �ecaus� t�e workers �ve�e fro�l� Gua�emala does �o� inean t�ey dau't dese��-e a fair trial. VVhat t�ae immi�ration ai�t�orities did w�s viaiate a human �-ig�t. I could go to school and become a lawyer to help fi�tE�re in�migrants that find themseives i� similar si�uations. I could also becom� an irnmigration �utl�o�•i�y tliat I�eips immigration c�ses. Ou t�� at�iez• ha�d I coi�id jttst be more aware and make my m�FitibilIic�u doll�r comp��uy only hire U.�. citizens. Even tl�ough it seems bad, some o�wha# happened is actua�iy good. Yo� get food ii� prison aud you d��'t l�ave to pay �'or it. Some of the workers w�re getting paid very little. A Iittle girl safd, "S�e knew w�at #inle sl�e �vo��Ic� start but �o� w�at �ime slie �vould f nish." So as I fou�d o«t ill iny researcliing t�:is project, #his is � bigger problem then i realizec� t�nc� we need to fix it.