By Doug Cunningham

The United Food And Commercial Workers union says immigration raids in St. Paul and Lumberton, North Carolina this week demonstrates once again the failure of the U.S. immigration system. The UFCW says according to eyewitnesses ICE agents forced women to leave their children, arresting workers in the dead of night. The UFCW says these raids are no substitute for comprehensive immigration reform. The union believes they are a tragic form of political theater that devastates communities, breaks up families and defiles fundamental American values.