Indonesia has demanded access to 76 of its citizens seized at a plastics factory in the United States, saying it wants to make sure they get legal assistance, a Foreign Ministry official said Friday.
"They have overstayed their visas and allegedly violated the U.S. immigration law," ministry spokesman Kristiarto Legowo said. "We want to make sure that, as suspects, their rights areprotected."
He said the Indonesian workers were among 81 suspected illegal immigrants arrested Tuesday at Iridium Industries Inc. in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, and are going through proceedings foreventual deportation.
Legowo said the raid at the company, which reportedly makes plastic tubes for lotions and other consumer products, was part of the U.S. immigration agency's effort to combat employment of unauthorized immigrants.
He urged Indonesian citizens living in the United States to obey the laws.
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