Immigration crackdown called devastating to economy

 
By Devona Walker
Published: September 18, 2007

The telephone lines in Oklahoma City 's Capitol Hill area were afire two weeks ago, as word spread that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents had set up checkpoints on S Harvey and Robinson streets.

Neighbors called to warn each other. Children were corralled into homes. The streets, typically full of restaurant goers and shoppers, nearly were bare.

That raid netted about 65 arrests, sending waves of pani...


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