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Federal Raids Spark Outrage, Questions


By Richard Martin, 6-27-07


Silverthorne Police Chief Joe Russell was out of town last week when he found out that federal law-enforcement officials were conducting a series of raids to arrest illegal immigrants in his town last week. That was the first he’d heard of the sweep. Summit County Sheriff John Minor didn’t find out about the raids until Friday, two days after they began, and “Dillon Police Chief John Mackey also hadn’t heard about the immigration sweep as of June 21,â€