WILDER (Idaho Statesman) – A fifth person has been charged with a felony after hundreds of law enforcement officers, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, on Sunday descended on a local horse track west of Boise that’s popular among the Latino community.

Officers arrested only a handful of people in the raid in Wilder that law enforcement agencies said was part of an investigation into allegations of illegal betting. Hundreds of others — including children — were detained and questioned about their immigration status, sparking backlash from community members and human rights advocates.

“We are condemning this action in the strongest words possible,” said Leo Morales, executive director of the ACLU of Idaho. “They could have done their work differently, but they chose t

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