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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