Raid on Illegal Alien workers, A few thousand down, 19 odd million to go…
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) - Outside a meatpacking plant fence here, a frustrated Tony Garcia watched as Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents swarmed inside. “We need help,” he yelled to them. “We need answers.”There were few of those Tuesday as agents began their initial sweep through Swift & Co. plants in six states, arresting illegal immigrants who had bought or stolen other people’s identities to help them get Swift jobs.
Garcia, who said he has friends who work at the Greeley plant, was worried about the fate of schoolchildren whose parents were arrested. “Who is going to pick them up?” he asked.
The raids capped a 10-month investigation into an identity-theft scheme that may have hundreds of victims, both U.S. citizens and legal residents, officials said.
Of course, no one is worried about the original victims….American workers that should be getting paid.
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Immigration officials last month informed Swift that it would remove unauthorized workers on Dec. 4, but Swift asked a federal judge to prevent agents from conducting the raid, arguing it would cause “substantial and irreparable injury” to its business.
Swift estimated that a raid would remove up to 40 percent of its 13,000 workers. After a closed hearing, a judge on Thursday rejected Swift’s request, clearing the way for the raids.
Greeley-based Swift describes itself as the world’s second-largest meat processor with sales of about $9 billion.
What is ICE telling these companies ahead of time that they’re going to be raided?! Guess that the world’s second-largest meat processor will now have to pay AMERICAN workers what they should have all along. I know silly liberal, just another job most Americans won’t do. BS.