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01:00 AM EDT on Thursday, July 17, 2008

By Jennifer D. Jordan and KAREN LEE ZINER

Journal Staff Writers

Sandra Diaz was nearing the end of her shift cleaning at the Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal in Cranston Tuesday evening when an immigration agent approached her and asked her to come into a small room.

Four of her coworkers were asked to do the same, each directed to a separate room, she said.

Once in the room, agents questioned Diaz, 40, a native of Guatemala who has been in this country illegally for eight years. Then, she says, she and her coworkers were taken to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices in downtown Providence for more questioning.

“They put handcuffs and leg shackles on me and fingerprinted me,â€