Over 350 workers from the Howard Industries factory in Mississippi were detained and will be deported after a raid by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials. A similar ICE raid in which 400 people were detained was conducted last May in Ohio.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has ended "Operation Scheduled Departure," its voluntary deportation program, after only eight people turned themselves in during the program's first three weeks.

Eight out of 10 likely McCain voters believe "gaining control of the border" is a greater concern than "legalizing undocumented workers," according to a telephone survey by Rasmussen Reports. Half of potential Obama voters favor controlling the border, while 3 out of 10 believe legalization for immigrants is more important.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced it has been keeping track of the border-crossing habits of U.S. citizens and will store the information for 15 years to "guard against terrorist threats."

Animal rights group PETA encourages Mexican immigrants to go vegan by placing ads along the U.S.-Mexico border that read: "If the border patrol doesn't get you, the chicken and burgers will. Go vegan." PETA is no stranger to controversy. (via Guanabee)

An estimated 90,000 undocumented children have been deported to México this year, 13,000 of which have no parents or legal guardian. (via Latina Lista)

Federal officials have discovered a $40 million marijuana garden in the Sequoia National Forest, allegedly grown by illegal immigrants hired by Mexican drug cartels. Director of the National Drug Control Policy, John Walters: "These aren't Cheech and Chong plants."

Illegal Immigrants have a higher risk of being infected with AIDS, according to a report by the California HIV/AIDS Research Program at the University of California. The report concludes that undocumented Mexican men are more likely to take drugs, sell their bodies for sex and engage in unprotected sex with prostitutes.

Immigrant children are less physically active than U.S.-born kids, according to a study published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. The study concludes that immigrant children often concentrate on reading and language lessons and have less time for exercise as well as less access to play areas.

The New York Times profiles Luis Alberto Jiménez, one of many undocumented immigrants who are deported to their native countries after being hospitalized for serious illnesses and/or injuries.