Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/colorado-town-copes-with-immigration-raids Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript Five months ago, federal agents arrested more than 200 illegal workers at a meatpacking plant in Greeley, Colo. The NewsHour reports on how the town and immigrant community are dealing with the aftermath. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. BETTY ANN BOWSER, NewsHour Correspondent: At 8:00 on a recent Friday morning, these women were busy making homemade tamales, not an unusual event in this neighborhood in Greeley, Colorado, one of the fastest-growing Hispanic communities in the country.But these tamales have a special purpose: to raise money to feed and clothe the families affected by the immigration raids in December.The impact of those raids still reverberate in this town of 76,000. The 261 people were arrested by officers of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, at the local Swift meatpacking plant. Some were charged with working without legal documentation; some were also charged with identity theft, for using other people's Social Security numbers. Many with no outstanding criminal charges were given a choice: voluntarily leave the country or face deportation hearings.Over 100, like Pedro Tecum, who worked at Swift for six years, chose to stay and fight. He returned to Greeley instead of going back to his home country of Guatemala. PEDRO TECUM, Former Swift Employee (through translator): I don't want to go back. I have three children, three who were born here. I can't take them back. Things are difficult back there. BETTY ANN BOWSER: Since he's not allowed to work while out on bail, he, his wife, Juana, and their three American-born children depend on places like the Falcon Center to provide diapers, clothing and food. PEDRO TECUM (through translator): Well, with the help they are providing us here, we are getting a lot of help. But now that it's over, we are desperate to see where to get help.