Questions on Illegal Immigrants Lead to Raid on Nonprofit’s Office


By GEORGIA KRAL


NEW HAVEN — As Connecticut grapples with the remnants of a weekend storm and shivers in sub-freezing temperatures, a nonprofit group that helps many poor residents pay their heating bills is reeling after federal agents raided its offices on Thursday.

More than a dozen Kevlar-armored agents rushed into the Community Action Agency of New Haven, said Amos Smith, the organization’s president and chief executive. The agents, from departments including Health and Human Services, had a warrant demanding all documents from 2003 onward, he said.

“I’ve never seen anything like it before,â€