Feds Bust Down Doors Looking For...Painters
"[I]n the Hillsmere Shores community, four immigrants who did not speak English showed reporters damage that they said was caused during a raid there in which one man was arrested. Inside the home, a sparsely furnished, middle-class dwelling, a door frame had been splintered and paperwork was strewn about a room.
A woman, who said she was five months pregnant, said she had been handcuffed and shoved as her boyfriend was arrested. His family said he had a work permit that had recently expired.
A cousin, who would only give his first name of Nelsar, said he believes immigration agents are looking for him as well even though he says he has proper documentation.
"I don't know why they accept this application, they take your money, and then come looking for you," he said, clutching a certificate that says he is permitted to work in the United States. Surveying a hole in a bedroom door, he said, "This is completely wrong.""
JUSTIN FENTON and KELLY BREWINGTON in the Baltimore Sun.