Raid rattles workers and life along Hwy. 60 -The sweep last week shook immigrants here illegally and legally. As many residents leave, towns and schools feel the effects. - Minnesota

“Any other Thursday, the aisles of the Rincon Latino grocery here would be full of customers. But last week, in the aftermath of an immigration raid in nearby Worthington, store owner Maria Amaya could only throw up her hands in despair.

Business was bad. Real bad.

By midafternoon she had made only two sales. One was to a husband and tearful wife so frightened by the raid they had quit their jobs at a beef processing plant and bought bus tickets for Mexico.”

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