The Yakama Nation of Washington has approved a guest-worker program to keep track of non-citizens who work on the reservation.

Former council member Wendell Hannigan came up with the idea out of concern for crime and the large number of migrant workers on the reservation. Most come to work on orchards, farms and vineyards.

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In stark contrast to the current ICE policy producing numerous raids on food processing plants in small towns, John Biewen and Tennessee Watson of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University produced this portrait of a town in transition by talking with residents: Nuevo South.

Many longtime residents say they’re not especially troubled by the fact that many Latino workers are undocumented. What does make some uneasy is the way this new population is transforming the racial and cultural flavor of their town.

Listen to a 14-minute segment that aired on NPR and then add your comments to the growing discussion.

Or listen to the entire 30 minute documentary, Nuevo South, at the Center for Documentary Studies website.

It was the largest immigration raid ever conducted in the Carolinas. It came after authorities determined that 777 of 825 workers at the plant had apparently submitted false documents to get their jobs.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say they'll continue their long-running investigation to determine who allowed illegal immigrants to work at the plant, known locally as Columbia Farms. Investigating the employers, they said, is as large a priority as identifying illegal workers.

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