What does cockfighting have to do with immigration? Read this.

After the cockfighting raid, ICE issued a press release stating that it had arrested 120 people during the event. The press release said that ICE was checking immigration status of the arrestees and doing worksite I-9 checks at their workplaces. The release roiled a community already on edge. Locals who were picked up in the raid were now worried they could be deported. They reached out to Angelica, who helped put people in touch with Arkansas United Community Coalition, a statewide immigrant rights organization. AUCC criticized the raid, saying it was racially motivated, and pledged to come to De Queen to help people find legal representation and to challenge local law enforcement directly about its cooperation with ICE. Read the rest here.