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Mexico denounces INS raids against Mexican airport workers

TheNewsMexico.com
Mexico denounces INS raids against Mexican airport workers
EFE
Published on April 20, 2002

The Foreign Secretariat expressed on Thursday its "consternation" regarding Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) raids against legal Mexican airport workers in the U.S.

The secretariat referred specifically to an incident at the airport in Charlotte, North Carolina, noting that situation "sparked concern among> the Mexican communities in the area."

During last month's Operation Access Denied, INS agents - responding to a call by airport managers - detained 266 Mexican workers at the Charlotte airport but only filed charges against 66.....