FUS1ON
10-09-2008, 06:33 AM
They might have some openings in Greenville, SC
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided the House of Raeford’s Columbia Farms poultry processing plant Oct. 7 as part of a 10-month investigation into the company’s employment practices. According to the agency, officials arrested approximately 300 illegal aliens. Earlier I.C.E. actions resulted in criminal charges against 11 supervisors and one human resources manager.
"The execution of this search warrant today marks an important phase of this ongoing investigation into the hiring practices of this employer," said W. Walter Wilkins, U.S. attorney for the district of South Carolina. "Aggressive enforcement and investigative actions are vital to the integrity of our immigration system."
Suspects will be interviewed, fingerprinted and photographed by I.C.E. agents and processed for deportation from the United States.
Today’s operation follows the criminal cases filed earlier this year against 12 plant supervisory employees. In June, warrants were issued for 11 supervisors at the plant, alleging that the men were illegally in the country and were engaged in aggravated identity theft and making false statements to I.C.E. authorities. Of the 11 charged, seven have pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentencing. Two others are awaiting trial.
The remaining two supervisors were also charged with the same offenses but have not been arrested and are considered fugitives.
http://www.meatnews.com/news/headline_stories.asp?ArticleID=96977
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided the House of Raeford’s Columbia Farms poultry processing plant Oct. 7 as part of a 10-month investigation into the company’s employment practices. According to the agency, officials arrested approximately 300 illegal aliens. Earlier I.C.E. actions resulted in criminal charges against 11 supervisors and one human resources manager.
"The execution of this search warrant today marks an important phase of this ongoing investigation into the hiring practices of this employer," said W. Walter Wilkins, U.S. attorney for the district of South Carolina. "Aggressive enforcement and investigative actions are vital to the integrity of our immigration system."
Suspects will be interviewed, fingerprinted and photographed by I.C.E. agents and processed for deportation from the United States.
Today’s operation follows the criminal cases filed earlier this year against 12 plant supervisory employees. In June, warrants were issued for 11 supervisors at the plant, alleging that the men were illegally in the country and were engaged in aggravated identity theft and making false statements to I.C.E. authorities. Of the 11 charged, seven have pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentencing. Two others are awaiting trial.
The remaining two supervisors were also charged with the same offenses but have not been arrested and are considered fugitives.
http://www.meatnews.com/news/headline_stories.asp?ArticleID=96977