Court filings reveal details of immigration investigation that led to Omaha meatpacking plant raid

[Omaha Steve]

FULL story: http://archive.today/kImm1

Henry J. Cordes 1 hr ago

A federal audit at Glenn Valley Foods this spring found that of 177 employees at the plant, 107 were suspected of working with either fraudulent or inadequate documentation, according to a federal court affidavit.

That’s what ultimately prompted the federal raid at the Omaha meatpacking plant Tuesday and the arrest and detention of more than 70 workers.

As more details begin to emerge about the raid that has drawn protests from immigration advocates, Tuesday’s action offers a window into the means and tactics federal authorities are using as they try to meet President Trump’s goal of deporting 3,000 undocumented people per day.

An affidavit related to one of the first criminal cases coming out of the raid detailed the results of a Department of Homeland Security audit of the employment documentation for workers at the plant — the basis for the subsequent federal civil search warrant and raid.

ORIGINAL pay link: https://omaha.com/news/local/crime-courts/article_53db17b9-989f-402d-b859-15d8adc8ec2e.html



U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents conduct a raid Tuesday at the Glenn Valley Foods meatpacking plant in Omaha.
NIKOS FRAZIER, THE WORLD-HERALD

[Scrivener7]

1. Then the one who should be arrested is the owner of the plant.

This has nothing to do with immigration. If they truly wanted to stop undocumented people from being in the US, they would arrest the people employing them. That would end the situation. Instead they take on the infinitely harder task of rounding up the dozens of employees, housing them, transporting them and deporting them.

It isn't about undocumented workers. This is how they get their fun.

[Vinca]

2. I have to admit, I would love to turn in that Trump megadonor who brings workers in on tourist visas, but

I'm too concerned about the immigrant workers to do it.