ICE and Border Patrol came to Charlotte, Durham and Raleigh this week in a widespread raid as part of an ongoing nationwide effort to roundup, detain and deport illegal immigrants. We were told that the "Hannibal Lectors" of the world were coming across our border and these raids were going to get them off of our streets. While most of us envisioned Buffalo Bill being captured and sent back, more and more it is the janitor working for the Buffalo Bills that seems to be caught up instead. Both here illegally. But both serve much different risks to society at large. The Trump Administration came back to power on a wave of immigration reform, specifically at the border. But are these raids how we handle those that are already here?

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