"Show heart": a girl in the USA cries and prays after a raid against immigrants

After the raids in Mississippi last Wednesday, during which agents of the US Immigration and Customs Service (ICE) arrested some 680 immigrants in seven food processing plants. Magdalena Gómez Gregorio, 11, begged for tears to free her father.

"Government, please, show a little heart, let my father be free with everyone, please," the girl asked between sobs. "I need my father, my father did not do anything, he's not a criminal," said Magdalena next to a community gym in Forest, where several children whose parents had been detained were transferred.

"These Hispanics do not do anything wrong, they steal nothing," she continued.

Gómez Gregorio's father was one of hundreds of undocumented immigrants, mainly of Latin origin, arrested by agents during the largest immigration operation at the level of the country. State in the history of the United States. and one of the most important of the last decade nationwide.

"I cry for my father.Many children cry and their wives … Their husbands are out because ICE seized them.I can not do anything, but please open the doors to the parents They are imprisoned, "pleaded the girl. .

Magdalena explained that her father "bought her everything" to be able to live in the United States. And now, he does not even know where he's going to eat.

A total of 600 agents participated in the operation, which surrounded several factories of different companies to prevent workers from fleeing. The authorities asked the workers for the ID and let those who had their papers in order leave the premises. They then escorted detainees on several buses while family members said goodbye.

Many families were separated and children were taken into custody because, in some cases, they lacked another legal guardian.

RT