Meanwhile, across the Mountain West, workers and their advocates remained concerned about ICE and its policies. In Nevada, Culinary Union Secretary-Treasurer Ted Papageorge said the crackdowns are impacting local communities.

"The vast majority of immigrant workers have been here for five years, 10 years, 15 years," he said. "They're paying taxes, raising their families…they go to our churches, their kids go to our schools, and they deserve the right to work and stay."

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"When we see parents that are otherwise peaceful and working in this economy and paying taxes, I think the average voter looks at this and says, this is wrong," said Papageorge.