In Tennessee, an immigrant community is slowly recovering from a large-scale raid by immigration agents at a meat processing plant on the outskirts of Knoxville. Some 100 immigrants were arrested in what is considered the largest immigration sting of the last ten years. Community organizer Leticia Alvarez of Nashville says that after the raid, the agents left behind a situation of chaos and a painful humanitarian crisis. Alvarez praises the sanctuary provided by churches to affected children and families and the emergency aid given by school and local authorities.
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