"Do you know where it happened? Let's go over and take a look. Jacla's door opened, turning into Lacroix.

"Yes, yes, I know, at an immigrant relief site on Long Island." Lacroix was stunned for a moment, and then he looked up in astonishment, and his face was no longer as calm as before.

Saboban's bulky body swerved sharply in place, its tires rubbing against the ground and screaming.

Jack put down his phone and turned on the steering wheel, he had just briefly explained the situation to Dana Morge on the phone, and then turned his head to look at Lacroix in the back seat.

"It's clear that you were targeted by Tiger Kane's gang from the beginning, and when the ransom was delivered, he not only recognized you at a glance, but also mentioned your daughter."

Lacroix rubbed his face vigorously before he regained some of his senses, and he was silent for a moment, then nodded heavily, "Yes, Jack, you were right, they must have someone in our system." ”

The system he was referring to was not limited to the FBI, but rather a general term for the entire federal enforcement system, including the immigration police officers in the ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement).

There have long been sages in China who put forward the idea of "Yidi and those who are in China are those who are in China; Those who are in China and Yi Di are Yi Di Zhi", replacing the so-called blood theory with cultural identities such as clothing and etiquette.

What is very different from this advanced thinking is that the extreme descent theory of European and American countries and their so-called pluralistic ideology have now formed two extremes, seriously dividing their society, and the United States, as a country of immigrants, has always been on the cusp.

Tiger Kane's rhetoric is indeed stupid, but there are not a few people who agree with or even sympathize with some of his views, and given the frequent illegal rallies and speeches he has conducted over the years, it seems not surprising that federal law enforcement has secretly joined.

Saaban soon arrived at a relief center on Long Island, a "food bank" or "workhouse" in ancient times.

Unlike those who are officially poor in the United States, even if they become homeless, they can get enough food to avoid hunger through regular welfare vouchers, and they can also go to the income center regularly to take a shower and sleep comfortably.

But many undocumented illegal immigrants do not enjoy these benefits for the underprivileged, and some are afraid to go in and drink a bowl of hot soup even if some shelters do not check their identities for fear of being deported.

This relief point is for these undocumented illegal immigrants, who are also working in it who have just obtained status and want to help their fellow citizens.

A black man with dreadlocks greeted them at the door, and a hint of horror could be seen on his face that had not yet dissipated.

"We were about to close the door when the ICE agents rushed in, and they threw everyone together and asked to see the identification one by one."

"Did they show a search warrant?" Hannah asked with a frown.

"I don't know, I didn't see it anyway, they took ten Latino girls in total, plus Tali." The dreadlocked guy spoke very clearly, without the RAP accent that was characteristic of his fellow street boys.

"Didn't anyone tell them who Tali was?" Lacroix seemed to know him, reached out and shook his hand, and the two walked into the alms as they talked.

The handout site itself is a small warehouse filled with shelves of easy-to-store flour and cans, and a packing line for repacking the food.

A family of three or four will often go to the supermarket to buy a variety of foods that require more than this for a week, and then throw away half or more of them in the following period.

In order to encourage environmental protection and avoid waste, some charities and environmental groups work with the government to encourage such families to donate surplus food that is still within the expiration date in exchange for some points.

These points can be used to offset a portion of taxes, such as a $1 stamp of expiring bread, which can be deducted from the original price of $10 after donation.

Naturally, there are some "small businesses" that have spawned from this, but it does increase the food sources of these food banks in a sense.

Of course, I kept shouting that she was a student at a nearby middle school, and the other kids who came to help told the gang, and Tali even told one of them that her dad was from the FBI.

But their agent in charge said she didn't look like an American, and they forcibly took her away, sorry, you know the situation here, no one of us here dares to stop them. ”

It can be seen that this person has only obtained a green card and has not been naturalized, otherwise he would not be so afraid of those ICE agents.

"Interesting, Tully is probably the most authentic American of these people, right?" On the way here, Jack also heard Lacroix talk about his daughter, and couldn't help but be sarcastic.

Lacroix's wife is a female soldier of Indigenous descent who recently died in Afghanistan for her country, so their daughter, Tully, is an impeccable American on either side, even if she does look like a Latino.

"I'm so sorry, I tried my best." The black guy with dreadlocks looked very guilty.

Jack waved his hand, indicating that the taunt in his words was not directed at him, and now the situation was clear, the other party was coming for Lacroix's daughter Tali, how could a girl scout who participated in a charity event carry identification with him.

On the other side of the warehouse, there were also a number of white children in Boy Scout hats and their parents, who were talking about it, and the children were still a little frightened and uneasy on their faces, as if they were frightened by what had happened.

"What the hell is going on?" An old stocky Indian walked up to Lacroix with an angry face, and it looked like it was his father-in-law, Tully's grandfather.

"This was just given to me by Chloe, Tully's classmate, why didn't those guys let her bring her phone?" The old man held a mobile phone in his hand and pointed to a little red-haired white girl standing with her parents not far away.

"Let me make a few phone calls, and I'll need to know who is the agent in charge who gave the order to this operation." Lacroix pulled out his phone, and although the time on the road had regained his apparent composure, his slightly trembling hand betrayed his true heart.

"I'll go with you." The old Indian's lips trembled slightly with anger, and after the loss of his daughter, his granddaughter had become the only thought of the old man in the world.

"Leave it to me, Nelson, Mary Lou is not in good health and needs your company, this is a stupid misunderstanding, I will bring Tali home soon, she is a strong girl, she will be fine." Lacroix put his hand on his shoulder and comforted.

He concealed the truth, not wanting the old man to worry too much, and at this moment, the phones of Jack, Hannah, and Lacroix rang almost simultaneously, as if it were an ominous forenotice, which made people's hearts shake.

Jack's voice came from Dana Moge's suppressed anger, "Just now, Emma Kane walked into a church of Santa Maria in Sogmetis and shot 12 pregnant women and injured 13 others, some of the victims were illegal immigrants, and all of them were Latinos. ”

Hannah and Lacroix received the same message, but with different callers, and it stands to reason that they should rush back to the center of operations together.

Seeing the tangled look on Lacroix's face, Jack made a decision directly for him, "Let's go back to Manhattan together, Hannah will go back to the office for details first, and I'll accompany you to the ICE New York office." ”

(End of chapter)