Immigration raids devastate whole communities

US communities can suffer long-term consequences after immigration raids [Click here to view this message in your web-browser](. Edition: US 18 June 2018 [[The Conversation]Academic rigor, journalistic flair]( Editor's note Stories of immigration agents separating children from their parents when they cross the border echo the devastation felt in U.S. towns experiencing immigration raids, such as the two that took place at an Ohio gardening company earlier this month. Elizabeth Oglesby, a professor of Latin American Studies, has studied the social and economic chaos created by large-scale raids. She describes the many impacts, saying “local organizations put into place their disaster readiness plans, and [churches became de facto relief centers](.” In a speech last week, Attorney General Jeff Sessions cited a passage from the Bible to defend the Trump administration’s forced separation of immigrant families. 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