“After immigration authorities rounded up hundreds of workers in a massive sweep at seven Mississippi food processing plants, friends and family members are desperately searching for answers.

“A crowd waited outside a plant in Morton, Mississippi, on Thursday morning, hoping authorities would release their loved ones. Many had been by later in the afternoon.

“Video footage from CNN affiliates and Facebook live showed children sobbing as they waited for word on what had happened to their parents.

“In Forest, Mississippi, strangers and neighbors volunteered to take children with nowhere to go after their parents were detained at a local gym for the night, according to CNN affiliate WJTV.

“Volunteers distributed donated food and drinks. But according to WJTV, most children sobbed rather than ate.”

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