On Friday, a parking company in Bellingham, Washington, who had previously stormed the enforcement of immigration and customs (ICE) on Friday that the masked agents of the tactical equipment followed the property with drawn rifles, and detained three members of his family and dozens of co -workers.
The worker, an American citizen who asked not to be identified because many of his relatives in the country without appropriate documents, said his 21 -year -old brother from Michocan, Mexico, and two of their cousins were arrested in a raid on Wednesday.
He said that he had arrived at the usual time, around 7 am, and “many trucks began to arrive.”
He said: “I started screaming,” and immigration here! “The workers ran towards a nearby explosive area, but the ice officers were already waiting for them.”
The last description of the time he saw his brother.
The man said: “My brother did not touch my back before he started running, and I think this was his way of saying goodbye to me.”
The agency said in a statement that more than ten employees in Jabal Baker were arrested and transferred to the northwestern ice treatment facility in Takoma.
A spokesman for the ice agents said that they carried out an inspection note in the roofing company as part of a criminal investigation into “illegal employment of foreigners without permission from legal work in violation of federal law.”
A spokesman for the arrested workers have offended their migration and provided documents or fraudulent information to obtain work, adding that federal agents often investigate work violations and exploit workers.
The owner of the company, Mark Cosk, said that he employs about 85 people and had no reason to believe that none of them in the United States without an appropriate permission.
He said that he follows all federal and state employment rules and regulations.
Although the Trump administration initially said the public deportation efforts will focus on immigrants who committed violent crimes, it changed its policy to include families and children without criminal backgrounds, NBC news previously.
The worker who was called his brother and cousins called the unexpected operation “scary” and said that law enforcement officers wear tactical equipment and masks and carried long rifles. Helicopters and drones can be heard above.
“It was an ugly scene,” he said, adding that the agents had pictures and information about the detainees, who addressed the name.
The man said that his brother across the border to the United States three years ago after the drug carters tried to kidnap him.
“I feel terrible. I don’t even feel that going to work,” he said. “It hurts me to return and see all the property of my colleagues at work still exists.
“I am still thinking about the way the officers grabbed. I feel bad for my brother because he was always dependent on me.”
GEOVANA Perez, who said she was another detainee, told NBC News Affiliate King 5 In Seattle, “We feel very sad that many families are destroyed.”
“We are really sad,” she said in the Spanish language. “It is sad for every family that goes through this.”
Dozens of people gathered Wednesday After the raid to show their support for the arrested men.
“It is a mistake to dismantle our society, withdraw parents, children, brothers and family members of all kinds who pay taxes,” Pauline Black told the station. “They are part of our society. It is just a mistake.”
The roofing worker said that although he is an American citizen, he is considering returning to Mexico.
He said, “It is very frightening.” “We look at the window of our house when we see unfamiliar cars that drive it. It is difficult to live this way.”
