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BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Federal immigration agents arrested 37 people Wednesday during a raid at a roofing business in northern Washington.
Officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations and Customs and Border Patrol arrived at Mt. Baker Roofing’s warehouse around 7:30 a.m. in Bellingham, a city near the Canadian border.
“They (law enforcement) arrived wielding their guns like they were going to shoot us, like we were criminals,” Tomas Fuerte told Cascadia Daily News, speaking in Spanish. “They corralled us into a room in the back of the building. They had a list and pictures of everyone who was undocumented and took them away.”
The people detained were taken away in two buses, Fuerte said, adding that he has never seen such a raid in his 12 years at the company.
ICE spokesperson David Yost said in a statement that the officers executed a federal search warrant “based on an …
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