FARM RAID NETS 21 SUSPECTED ILLEGALS

may 24, 2007
By SARAH McCROBIE, Staff Writer
When Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials stepped onto the Zappala Farm in Granby on Wednesday, they had a search warrant to arrest one farm worker. Instead, they took away 21 Hispanic fieldworkers.

According to Cathy Zappala, owner of the farm, federal immigration agents stormed the farm looking for one worker who they say was illegal, and ended up “pulling workers off the van, throw(ing) them to the ground, and tying their hands behind their backs,â€