Factory owner in immigration raid okayed to go to Panama

The owner of a New Bedford, Massachusetts factory who was accused of hiring illegal immigrants was permitted to travel to Panama next month. A federal judge approved Francesco Insolia’s request to go on a ten day “humanitarian mission” in Panama “to help provide medical care”.

Insolia and three other defendants stand trial after their plant was involved in a massive immigration raid last March (image) which ended in the arrest of nearly 400 employees. The raid was decried by a Washington Post editorial that criticized called it “cruel, self-defeating and illogical.”

Sources- Boston Herald, Boston.com, The Latin Americanist

Image- The Militant