30 people taken into custody by ICE at NC manufacturing company
SANFORD, NC (WTVD) — Approximately 30 people were taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a manufacturing company in Sanford on Tuesday morning.
It happened at Bear Creek Arsenal.
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office said it was the result of an ongoing investigation by ICE into identity theft and fraud. An ICE official told ABC11 that action was the result of a federal search warrant and not immigration enforcement.
“My godmother was here,” an 18-year-old man told ABC11. He drove over after he learned about the raid from his godfather.
“He was like, ‘yeah they took her and what they were doing is taking people to the breakroom, and if you didn’t have valid ID, they were taking them out,'” he said.
His godmother was one of the people taken into custody. He said they came from Mexico about 12 years ago and she has worked at the plant for about a year.
He also said the couple has a young daughter.
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