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Connor Polydoraff <br />8th Grade, RAMS <br />Mr. Ueland <br />Second Pface <br />Human Rights <br />U.S. Enforcement af Immigrafiian Laws with Workpiace Raids <br />In recent years, t�e United States govemment has adopted an alar�ning pnlicy of <br />conducting workplace raids to enforce �mmigration po�ieies. I think such raids are a <br />�ialation of human rights for three reasons, o�e because the peopl0 are doing work for <br />our country, two, because the workers are separated frorn their families and �ay be <br />deported, and three because the policies vioiate the constitution and global human rights <br />conver�tions. <br />People imrnigrate to America because they want a better life and some can't earn <br />a living in iheir home cauntries. They came tv the U.�. and start�d looking for work. On <br />December ] 2, 200b, six Swift meat process�ng company faci�ities were raided by <br />government irnrnigration officials. Th�y were tocated in Co�ora�.o, Texas, Nebraska, <br />Utah, Iowa, and Minnesota. These raids were part of the U. S. Department of Homeland <br />Security's �mmigration and Cus�oms E�forcement (ICE). �CE has reported an estimated <br />1,28� �wift ernployees have bee� deiained. 4nly a few ha�e been charged with�crime. <br />The others were kept �ntil proper dacumentataon was verified by ICE. Anyone wit�out <br />documentation was deported to their home country. <br />Both legal and iliegal immigrants were arrested and separated from their families. <br />Many parents had ta Iet their chiidrer� go and be k�pt by caretakers. 4ne caring school <br />teacher named Barbara Kremer gave s�elter �0 24 immigran#s who feare� returning to <br />their hvmes. Many iegal irr�rnigrants did r�ot hav� their papers with them at work, sa they <br />were arrested. The ones that didn't have papers at ali were arrested and deported. <br />