Three high school students were deported to Mexico last week when they were swept up in a Transportation Security Agency (TSA) raid at the Old Town transit center on their way to school in San Diego, California. Border Patrol confirmed that 21 people were detained. The teens� parents and immigrant rights group activists denounced the sweep, including the American Friends Service Committee�s border director, Pedro Rios, who questioned the effectiveness of TSA�s and Border Patrol�s enforcement strategies. Read more at ImmigrationImpact.com. (May 27, 2009)
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