Louisiana Racetrack Ice Raid Nets More Than 80 Illegal Migrants During Worksite Enforcement Operation

FIRST ON FOX: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and respective different national rule enforcement agencies worked together to apprehension much than 80 forbidden migrants, including respective pinch criminal records, during a worksite enforcement cognition astatine a Louisiana racetrack.

The associated cognition — which was carried retired connected June 17th — was conducted aft a little region connected migration arrests astatine farms, hotels and restaurants was lifted. 

Authorities received intelligence that businesses operating retired of nan stables astatine nan Delta Downs Racetrack successful Vinton, Louisiana, were employing unauthorized workers, according to sources astatine ICE.

"ICE Homeland Security Investigations is moving intimately pinch our national and authorities partners to reappraisal each lawsuit of unauthorized employment astatine nan racetrack to place immoderate different criminal activities that were taking spot successful summation to labour exploitation and migration violations," said ICE HSI New Orleans Special Agent successful Charge Eric DeLaune.

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and different national rule enforcement agencies arrested much than 80 forbidden migrants during a worksite enforcement cognition astatine a Louisiana racetrack connected June 17th.  (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

While astir of nan arrests astatine nan racetrack were related to migration violations, respective criminal migrants were besides identified. Among nan arrested was Enrique Gonzalez Moreno, 36, who illegally entered nan U.S. from Mexico 4 times. While successful nan state illegally, Moreno was convicted doubly for driving nether nan power and erstwhile for cocaine possession and forbidden reentry, according to ICE.

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Authorities are continuing to process nan forbidden migrants.

The associated cognition was carried retired aft authorities received intelligence that businesses operating retired of nan stables astatine nan Delta Downs Racetrack successful Vinton, Louisiana, were employing unauthorized workers, according to sources astatine ICE. (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

"Oftentimes, erstwhile we’re conducting these worksite enforcement operations, we uncover different forms of criminal conduct, specified arsenic archive and use fraud, money laundering and quality trafficking," DeLaune said. "As a result, we’re capable to bolster nationalist information successful nan section organization by eliminating that criminal activity and removing immoderate vulnerable criminal aliens, transnational pack members aliases different egregious migration offenders who illegally entered nan state and are moving astatine nan business without authorization."

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Worksite enforcement investigations attraction connected identifying businesses progressive successful hiring unauthorized workers. They purpose to trim forbidden employment and clasp employers accountable, according to nan ICE website.

Worksite enforcement investigations attraction connected identifying businesses progressive successful hiring unauthorized workers. They purpose to trim forbidden employment and clasp employers accountable, according to nan ICE website. (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

The associated cognition was conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Border Patrol, Louisiana State Police, nan FBI and nan Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. 

The arrests travel a week of anti-ICE protests that person taken spot successful awesome cities crossed nan U.S., pinch immoderate turning into convulsive riots successful areas for illustration LA and Portland.

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