ICE Detains Workers in June 24 New Jersey Supermarket Raid as Agency Expands Sweeps
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Updated · The New York Times · Aug 25
ICE Detains Workers in June 24 New Jersey Supermarket Raid as Agency Expands Sweeps
2 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 25
Summary
More than half a dozen SUVs carrying federal immigration officers descended on El Oaxaqueño in New Jersey on June 24, chasing laborers and detaining workers inside the Mexican supermarket.
Workers said agents searched bathrooms, upstairs rooms and a walk-in refrigerator, then zip-tied detainees' hands and led them out a back door.
The sweep appears to be among the largest in the region since ICE quietly revamped its operations this summer, widening enforcement activity.
Bernarda Hernandez, 32, said officers pulled her from a locked bathroom despite her pleas that she had a 2-year-old daughter, underscoring the raid's human toll.