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Administration's Crackdown On Immigration Sends Many Migrants Into Hiding

Published August 3, 2017 at 1:11 PM EDT
Activists say El Mexicano's Hudson Falls location had to close because some employees were arrested, and others were too scared to come to work. (Zach Hirsch/North Country Public Radio)
Activists say El Mexicano's Hudson Falls location had to close because some employees were arrested, and others were too scared to come to work. (Zach Hirsch/North Country Public Radio)

President Trump’s efforts to crackdown on illegal immigration have led to thousands of arrests so far this year, according to the federal government.

As Zach Hirsch (@zdhirsch) from Here & Now contributor North Country Public Radio reports, the arrests are forcing people in upstate New York into hiding.

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