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Indiana businesses: ICE raids, immigration enforcement make it harder to find workers

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FORT BRANCH — Steve Obert felt deep concern in June watching reports of ICE agents raiding a New Mexico dairy farm. Officers arrested 11 immigrant workers who, authorities say, misused documents such as counterfeit green cards.

With half its staff gone, the farm scrambled to milk and care for the cows, threatening the survival of both the operation and the animals.


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CARSON GERBER CNHI State Reporter

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