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Marc Giauque ReportingRight or wrong, community activists are saying the immigration raid at a Hyrum meat packing plant is taking a big toll, at an already busy time.
At the Cache Valley Multicultural Center, they plan to be open 24 hours, at least through the week, trying to answer questions and meet the needs of people who some say have now gone underground.
Ann Maes: "Right now we have a father that has four kids and a little four month old, and mom didn't come home."
Ann Maes is a member of the board at the Cache Valley Multicultural Center.
Ann Maes: "They have no clue how big of an impact it was. Nobody was notified. They came in and, I mean it was like, let's tip these lives up-side-down, and then who's going to pick up the pieces?"
Maes says her group and others will try. At the center they're keeping two notebooks, one with names of people needing help, another with names of people who want to.
