Judge throws out charges against 11 people arrested during ropa usada raids

Judge throws out charges against 11 people arrested during ropa usada raids

McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A judge on Friday dismissed the charges against 11 people arrested during a major immigration raid after concluding the government had stretched the law to charge them with a crime that didn’t apply. Agents with Homeland Security Investigations arrested more than 30 people last week, when they raided five ropa usada warehouses in McAllen. Many people who allegedly worked in the warehouses had used tourist visas t…