http://www.metafilter.com/tags/newbedford Posts tagged with 'newbedford' at MetaFilter. Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:48:37 -0800 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:48:37 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/59248/Lawbreakers%2Ddeserve%2Dto%2Dthe%2Drounded%2Dup%2Despecially%2Dwhen%2Dtheyre%2Dimmigrants%2DRight Yesterday in New Bedford, Mass. an <a href="http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/03-07/03-07-07/01barker1.htm">immigration raid</a> netted some 300-350 illegal immigrants who were working at a factory that made (primarily) leather goods for the U.S. military. Mostly women from Central America, they were rounded up and sent to a detention facility 60 miles away...<a href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/03/07/children_stranded_after_immigration_raid/">without their children</a>, many of whom were stranded at daycare or school and are now in limbo. Meanwhile, Congress begins <a href="http://www.nysun.com/article/49980">debate on immigration reform</a> this week. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.59248 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:48:37 -0800 illegalimmigration immigrationreform newbedford lazywhinerkid