![Luis Bautista-Martinez inside the LaSalle ICE detention facility in Jena, LA.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b1f650d1058b86291d542b273fec3afb282837104fa3f1315a478b66658fe7d4/ICE_Immigration_Raid_001.jpg)
![Luis' ID card at the LaSalle ICE detention facility in Jena, LA.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aa29bad18a8a3c4e4a14ac450ab013fc31188b99d53a6faa31eb3a6477adf590/ICE_Immigration_Raid_002.jpg)
![The exterior fences and razorwire surrounding the LaSalle ICE detention facility in Jena, LA.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5ee6fdf110a3057eef899764ea4e22956aadacfaecb30e7aa0ae7039406e5f12/ICE_Immigration_Raid_003.jpg)
![Luis Bautista-Martinez inside a courtroom inside the LaSalle ICE detention facility in Jena, LA.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d3135f366cdb761944df4758f975acd5c8a3663e99b05c8a94f0a7b1a904ccbf/ICE_Immigration_Raid_004.jpg)
![A painting inside the St. Patrick Catholic Church in Morristown, Tenn. Luis and his sister's family attended this church regularly and has been an important meeting space for the Latino community in Morristown.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b6f22e50db7ff85e772238e7695a2039cfc6068eaa10d0ecb4cc89e22e5c5e20/ICE_Immigration_Raid_005.jpg)
![Yemaya, Luis' niece, inside her bedroom in Morristown, Tenn.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e4ef80a22b8a1cb1a8ac4769f784a38abc783b0e742494ef3d5ce8e013947e8d/ICE_Immigration_Raid_006.jpg)
![Ali, Luis' brother-in-law, and his nephew Sahmet, at their home in Morristown, Tenn.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9271e672b81955d40c838258e981507e621181b565e59cdb55e55953ba76ffd3/ICE_Immigration_Raid_007.jpg)
![Esmeralda, Luis' sister, played with her son, Sahmet, at a park in Morristown, Tenn.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/144e73b53adcb4c60f997575542331bc3554e23fc3b6d8c58272e05e7a5c4907/ICE_Immigration_Raid_008.jpg)
![Yemaya, Luis' niece, played with a leaf at a park in Morristown, Tenn.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7374e00c54f078f85b803a86dbbe53aac3700b209bbe4e208db754f6f18efa98/ICE_Immigration_Raid_009.jpg)
![A photo of Luis holding his nephew, Sahmet, at his baptism at the St. Patrick Catholic Church in Morristown, Tenn.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/794a87984ceaa13cbb680a8991d68d4c7ee1646f6129df18fd14c4bae62c9641/ICE_Immigration_Raid_010.jpg)
![The Bautista family in their home in Morristown, Tenn.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/227e00508486236148c1bb48622a3000b14c1da95c619800733fd8ebbd0377cc/ICE_Immigration_Raid_011.jpg)
![Yemaya, Luis' niece, played with her brother, Sahmet, at their home in Morristown, Tenn.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3b7e47c801db33c0c0eec5b11e4b5a2755c01068108c31cc17481d07d38aa3b3/ICE_Immigration_Raid_012.jpg)
![A statue at the St. Patrick Catholic Church in Morristown, Tenn.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c1e5c4b69f675da68465f9ee17c875deaa673049f6d8cbb17f388c0b9b42ba09/ICE_Immigration_Raid_013.jpg)
![Luis Bautista-Martinez kissed his nephew, Sahmet, in Morristown, Tenn., two days after returning home after three months at an ICE detention facility.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6871ec40e2e12bdf3c233a20d7830aa8caf589ede4d25ced8e9d3dc13e232077/ICE_Immigration_Raid_014.jpg)
![Luis played with his niece, Yemaya, at a Wal-Mart in Morristown, Tenn., two days after returning home after three months at an ICE detention facility.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d5e926c80f416da76c1cf946e7a65ab4948dc4a298955f3b197aa92f85e2969d/ICE_Immigration_Raid_015.jpg)
![Luis played with his niece, Yemaya, at a Wal-Mart in Morristown, Tenn., two days after returning home after three months at an ICE detention facility.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5815ad3fbe372ac68e699c5ff01e2cac37776da1b619e13239db56156da3e0db/ICE_Immigration_Raid_016.jpg)
![Luis Bautista-Martinez hugged Veronica Perez, a coworker at the meatpacking plant which was raided, inside the St. Patrick Catholic Church in Morristown, Tenn. This was the first time Luis had seen his coworker since being arrested. Both were at the church to receive pro-bono legal advice on how to deal with their new immigration cases stemming from the ICE raid at their workplace.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aa604eac71cc6b16f81cfb7dbc1ce678e8e42007447a3c67e84af2c1e8ef9bd8/ICE_Immigration_Raid_017.jpg)
![Luis Bautista-Martinez talked with lawyers, Fran Ansley (left) and Spring Miller (center), at the St. Patrick Catholic Church in Morristown, Tenn. Pro-bono lawyers were offering their services to anyone caught in the raid on Southeastern Provisions meatpacking facility.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d9ae0de14489dee90472dac0adfe79fffee91b96881336284a5f04cfd14e52a2/ICE_Immigration_Raid_018.jpg)
![Esteban Gonzalez, and his family (left), who was arrested in the raid. Jose Manuel, with his wife and daughter, who was arrested in the raid. Both families received pro-bono legal services at the St Patrick Catholic Church in Morristown, Tenn. following their release from an ICE detention facility.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/24719f3db8123790b7bf8cc6b800e5ba1070cbe047bc52c7aa9402fd58582eb6/ICE_Immigration_Raid_019.jpg)
![Reinel Vargas, and his wife and son (left), who was arrested in the raid. Alberto Librado, and his family (right) who was arrested in the raid. Both families received pro-bono legal services at the St Patrick Catholic Church in Morristown, Tenn. following their release from an ICE detention facility.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8a6d952f87765cca57d66d4909808508c0f467241a7cac512927687d45e663b4/ICE_Immigration_Raid_020.jpg)
![Posters with comments from churchgoers directly after the ICE raid rattled the Morristown, Tenn. Latino community at the St. Patrick Catholic Church.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/03e11dbce7345a16c939f823332d544b35d7017c3c1cacd5bed26c25096eeae2/ICE_Immigration_Raid_021.jpg)
![A small restaurant inside a Latino store was empty. It sits along South Cumberland Street, known as Little Mexico, in Morristown, Tenn. Since the raid, much of the Latin community have stopped going out in public and businesses are hurting.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8c8fd4d569a2f53dc41e703ff0b930e60866eda55153328ea8c06313ef3fea53/ICE_Immigration_Raid_022.jpg)
![A storefront for rent along South Cumberland Street, known as Little Mexico, in Morristown, Tenn. Since the raid, much of the Latin community have stopped going out in public and businesses are hurting.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d7468a970f2b665d19fd3519e2fba0b1c1f9343d583f6dc698846cfee0cda512/ICE_Immigration_Raid_023.jpg)
![Luis Bautista-Martinez with his niece, Yemaya, at their home in Morristown, Tenn. after returning home from three months in an ICE detention facility.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/17cb50d81de8c09a3b540ea214e0b58474d0e3d079a7fb14473ccb4836074604/ICE_Immigration_Raid_024.jpg)
![Objects on top of Luis Bautista-Martinez's dresser in his bedroom in Morristown, Tenn.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4dd8d769e3d23134d504ebf968d17c6ab0d6923c8bfdf660f7bca2801df8f833/ICE_Immigration_Raid_025.jpg)
![Luis Bautista-Martinez helped raise money for a coworker who is still in detention waiting to bond out with his fee set at $20,000 dollars. Just two days after returning home, he went to the local indoor soccer facility in Morristown, Tenn.—popular in the Latino community—to support the last remaining person still in detention after the raid.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/20672953a1babd64648ea605fd5976845dd164034005700fcf25c53ffa0df8d9/ICE_Immigration_Raid_026.jpg)
![Esmeralda Bautista holds her son, Sahmet, in front of an indoor soccer facility in Morristown, Tenn.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4f3c3e8df8ac41f9256eb41d20e376d27d97abfd1f80589d251796f919708a5f/ICE_Immigration_Raid_027.jpg)
![Luis Bautista-Martinez gestures towards a fellow coworker who was also captured in the raid at an indoor soccer facility in Morristown, Tenn.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/21bc389d894298ff1154300c17813e5a64dda2a8b6eb5e2b50868aa43baf404a/ICE_Immigration_Raid_028.jpg)
![Luis Bautista-Martinez inside the LaSalle ICE detention facility in Jena, LA.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/101f0afa1b5db15133937aa11f4d4c9f823f8e246ea76a6df7b59581fd87a397/ICE_Immigration_Raid_029.jpg)
Luis Bautista-Martinez was captured by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in one of the nation's largest worksite raids, at a meatpacking facility in Bean Station, Tenn. in April of 2018. He lived with his sister, her husband and three kids in nearby Morristown, Tenn. Luis was arrested, along with 97 of his coworkers, for not having proper documents proving citizenship and was sent to an ICE detention facility in Jena, LA. After spending 3 months in the facility he was finally able to bond out, costing $6500, and return to Morristown to be with his family.
We interviewed Luis while in the ICE detention facility, and then spent time with his family in Morristown as they waited to hear of his release. We then followed up with Luis and his family two days after coming home.
Meanwhile, the meatpacking facility, Southeastern Provisions, under investigation by the IRS for tax fraud is still operating as normal. No charges have been brought forward for paying employees in cash to avoid millions of dollars in taxes. The future for Luis is uncertain. It may take years to receive a court hearing to learn if he will ultimately be deported or not. The rest of his community in Morristown is feeling the long-term impacts of the raid.
We interviewed Luis while in the ICE detention facility, and then spent time with his family in Morristown as they waited to hear of his release. We then followed up with Luis and his family two days after coming home.
Meanwhile, the meatpacking facility, Southeastern Provisions, under investigation by the IRS for tax fraud is still operating as normal. No charges have been brought forward for paying employees in cash to avoid millions of dollars in taxes. The future for Luis is uncertain. It may take years to receive a court hearing to learn if he will ultimately be deported or not. The rest of his community in Morristown is feeling the long-term impacts of the raid.