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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump administration has arrested 145 people working at meat packing plants in immigration raid
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The Trump administration has arrested 145 people working at meat packing plants in its largest immigration raid to date
https://www.buzzfeed.com/johnstanton/immigration-raids-meat-packing-fresh-market?
Federal immigration agents have carried out their largest raid to date in the Trump administration's effort to crack down on the hiring of undocumented workers, arresting more than 145 people in raids at Ohio-based meatpacking plants.
The arrests came Tuesday at four plants owned by Fresh Market. The Department of Homeland Securitys Homeland Security Investigations Division conducted the raids.
Businesses who knowingly harbor and hire illegal aliens as a business model must be held accountable, Steve Francis, the HSI special agent in charge of Michigan and Ohio, said in a statement announcing the arrests.
The raids drew quick condemnation from the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, which represents workers at the plants. Tearing hard-working men and women apart from their children, families, and communities is wrong Todays actions will only drive this nation further apart, while also spreading unmistakable pain among neighbors, friends, coworkers, and loved ones, UFCW International President Marc Perrone said in a statement.
In its release, DHS noted that Fresh Market is part of the ICE Mutual Agreement program in which DHS works with private companies to prevent the hiring of undocumented workers.
The raids are part of a nationwide crackdown by DHS on companies that employ undocumented workers. Over the last several months, ICE agents have arrested hundreds of workers, including 114 people at an Ohio gardening company earlier this month, and 21 people during raids at 98 7-Eleven stores across the country.
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Can't help themselves......ICE has become the gestapo.
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Trump administration has arrested 145 people working at meat packing plants in immigration raid (Original Post)
sunonmars
Jun 2018
OP
This is going to destroy some businesses, which won't be able to find enough workers.
VMA131Marine
Jun 2018
#1
hard work, in the cold, not a one...well at least not while they have disability for gas and cigs...
Thomas Hurt
Jun 2018
#5
If you insist on fixing this "problem" and since this is a demand not supply problem...
Thomas Hurt
Jun 2018
#3
VMA131Marine
(4,149 posts)1. This is going to destroy some businesses, which won't be able to find enough workers.
#Winning!
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)4. Well the population will have to get used to higher prices.
muntrv
(14,505 posts)2. How many Trumpanzees will line up for these jobs?
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)5. hard work, in the cold, not a one...well at least not while they have disability for gas and cigs...
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)3. If you insist on fixing this "problem" and since this is a demand not supply problem...
shouldn't they be arresting the executives of the company for allowing illegals to be hired in the first place.
get the red out
(13,468 posts)6. Thank you!
The businesses that hire them seem to never get brought up by Trump or any R.
Turbineguy
(37,372 posts)7. This is going to harm some of his supporters.
On the other hand, some call in ICE in a timely manner so that they do not have to pay the arrested workers.
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)8. That too..........
tonyt53
(5,737 posts)9. 145?? There are thousands they could arrest. They won't because most work for GOP donors.
The Perdue families itself has mostly undocumented immigrant workers at ALL of their facilities. But then, that family does love the GOP.