City councilman hopes there won't be any more paperwork issues in the future.
"It always makes you anxious when people are coming in and visiting homes and taking people into custody not knowing where they are. These are people that we've known in our community," said Morrisville Councilmember Steve Rao.
Rao said the raid had many in the Indian American community talking. He said many tech companies in the Triangle rely on highly skilled H1B visas, and sometimes a failure to renew or an overstay can easily change someone's status.
"I think it's really important for businesses to learn from this now and understand that they got to make sure that when they hire someone, go through the background check, make sure that they haven't committed any crimes, make sure that they've gone through the legal immigration process or that they had their paperwork in order," Rao said.
~ Tom George
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