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An agent from the U.S. Homeland Security, a federal law enforcement agency within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, in Immokalee Wednesday morning. Workers on a tomato grower's bus were reportedly taken off the vehicle. An immigration support group, Unidos Immokalee, said several workers were in need of medical attention after they were removed from the bus.
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Field workers pulled from Pacific Tomato Growers' bus outside Immokalee Wednesday morning
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An immigration support group was warning people Wednesday morning to avoid Immokalee after a number of people were reported to have been taken off a work bus in the area. The Facebook warning from Unidos Immokalee urged people to not “Enter or leave Immokalee. Do not depart Immokalee.”

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