Palm Springs ICE Raid

According to the San Francisco Gazette, Federal agents have raided a Palm Springs bakery, arresting 51 undocumented workers and the supervisor who allegedly hired them.

Margarita Avilez Hernandez was arrested Wednesday at Palm Springs Baking Company by Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement. She and a former supervisor, Alicia Ramirez, are charged with employing unauthorized aliens. Ramirez is still being sought.

Federal agents conducted the raid after local authorities told them workers at the wholesale bakery each paid about $3,000 for their jobs. ICE agents found most of the workers’ names and Social Security numbers did not match. Twenty-seven of the workers have been detained. ICE officials say the others will be released on humanitarian grounds while they await an immigration hearing.

Thanks to Dan Torres of the Immigrant Legal Resource Center for this story.
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