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If an illegal immigrant commits a crime in phoenix, they wind up here at the maricopa jail. everyone has a crime story involving illegal immigrants. it happened to them or a friend or just down the block here at a suburben neighborhood. why did you bring us here? >> i want to show you. we're talking about the outrage that the arizonans have. >> reporter: this was a drop house, a transportation station used by smugglers. when cops raid the houses, they find dozens of illegal immigrants crammed into small rooms, some beaten and held for ransom. >> when they did a raid here, they found them, and ...

All immigrant arrests occur in arizona. if an illegal immigrant commit ace crime in phoenix, they'll wind up here at the maricopa county jail otherwise known as tent city. hernandez says everyone has a crime story involving illegal immigrants. it happened to them or a friend or it happened just down the block, here at a suburban neighborhood. why did you bring us here? >> well, i just want to show you, when we were talking about the outrage that the arizonans have. >> reporter: this was once a drop house, a kind of transfer station used by smugglers. when cops raid these houses, they often fin...

They're in jeopardy of losing another $26 billion a year, and that -- economic activity -- i mean, our boycott is not going to be that -- in essence, we're saving the state from losing money. jon: john, are you afraid of the potential impact of these boycotts? >> i'm concerned, but what he said is totally false. first of all, illegal immigrants are what we're going after. he says immigrants. this is not about stopping immigrants. i have no problem with legal immigrants. my grandparents were legal immigrants. it's the illegal immigrants we're concerned about and they're not a stimulus to the ar...

Operated. smugglers would help illegal immigrants enter the united states near a border city such as nogales. they would then be transported to tucson where one of these shuttle vance would take them to phoenix. once there they would rendezvous with another vehicle and being taken to a drop house and moved to cities all over the united states. i.c.e. says it's year-long investigation, found they were operating by u.s. citizens and legal residents. they were issued phony tickets for shuttle trips that way, investigators said, drivers could claim they were operating legitimate businesses if they...

Another vehicle and with a drop house and then moved to cities all over the united states. the year long investigation dubbed operation plain sight found that businesses were operated by u.s. citizens and legal residents. illegal immigrants were issued phony tickets for shuttle trips. that way investigators said drivers could claim they were operating legitimate businesses if they were forced by law enforcement. they criticized the timing of the raids. >> we're getting absolutely mixed messages. i saw just yesterday that first lady michelle o maobama wants t see immigration reform and they hav...