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 instrumentality enforcement agencies worked unneurotic to apprehension much than 80 amerciable migrants, including respective with transgression 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 intermission connected migration arrests astatine farms, hotels and restaurants was lifted. 

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

"ICE Homeland Security Investigations is moving intimately with our national and authorities partners to reappraisal each lawsuit of unauthorized employment astatine the 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 instrumentality enforcement agencies arrested much than 80 amerciable migrants during a worksite enforcement cognition astatine a Louisiana racetrack connected June 17th.  (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

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

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Authorities are continuing to process the amerciable migrants.

The associated cognition was carried retired aft authorities received quality that businesses operating retired of the stables astatine the 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 transgression conduct, specified arsenic papers and payment fraud, wealth laundering and quality trafficking," DeLaune said. "As a result, we’re capable to bolster nationalist information successful the section assemblage by eliminating that transgression enactment and removing immoderate unsafe transgression aliens, transnational pack members oregon different egregious migration offenders who illegally entered the state and are moving astatine the concern without authorization."

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

Worksite enforcement investigations absorption connected identifying businesses progressive successful hiring unauthorized workers. They purpose to trim amerciable employment and clasp employers accountable, according to the 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, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. 

The arrests travel a week of anti-ICE protests that person taken spot successful large cities crossed the U.S., with immoderate turning into convulsive riots successful areas similar LA and Portland.

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