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I found this at <a href="http://www.humanbeams.com/">HumanBeams Magazine</a> and thought you might like it: <br> Article: Kennedy: Families Pay The Price For Failed System By: Nanette <br> <p><a href="http://news.bostonherald.com/editorial/view.bg?articleid=187569" title="Boston Herald">Boston Herald</a> </p> <blockquote><p>All over New Bedford on Tuesday, hundreds of women and men woke up, kissed their children goodbye and left for another day of work at Michael Bianco Inc. They knew it would be a grueling day because there was no other kind of day in the sweatshop-like conditions of the factory. But they were willing to work hard and without complaint because they believed in the American Dream, in which hard work creates a hope for a better life - if not for them, then for their children. </p> <p> What happened next was a tragic example of the desperate state of our current immigration policy. Hundreds of armed police and immigration officers raided the factory, creating panic among the workers. They handcuffed unarmed men and women in the same factory where the workers had already known nothing but indignity at the hands of their employer. </p> <p> While the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was ready with hundreds of officers to subdue a group of frightened workers, they were woefully unprepared to deal with the aftermath of their own raid. The DHS knew that it would be detaining young parents, and yet had no effective plan to identify and help the children who would be left alone. The photographs of bewildered, crying children told with eloquence the story of a government operation distinguished by its callousness.</p></blockquote> <br> <a href="http://www.humanbeams.com/index.php/hbcommunity/comments/kennedy_families_pay_the_price_for_failed_system/">Read the article here...</a>