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Immigration Raid Targets Ohio Plant

More than 150 pountry-processing workers arrested

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(Newser) – Immigration agents raided a poultry-packing plant in Fairfield, Ohio, and arrested some 160 undocumented workers yesterday. The raid was part of a 2-year investigation into Koch Foods, which officials call an "egregious violator" of immigration laws, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports. "We’re going to look wherever the evidence takes us," said an immigration and customs enforcement official.

A spokesman said the plant tries to weed out illegal workers, but the feds won't help. "I'm not going to do anything to break the law, but people get false papers." he said. The county sheriff said he hopes the arrests attract attention: "If you come to this county, you can’t come here and commit a crime and go unscathed."

  (Koch Foods)
%u201CIf you come to this county,%u201D Butler County Sheriff Rick Jones said, %u201Cyou can%u2019t come here and commit a crime and go unscathed.%u201D Jones said he hopes the raid sends a message to other employers.
%u201CIf you come to this county,%u201D Butler County Sheriff Rick Jones said, %u201Cyou can%u2019t come here and commit a crime and go unscathed.%u201D Jones said he hopes the raid sends a message to...   (Index Open)
Raids like the one in Fairfield are becoming increasingly common, and an increasingly high priority of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Raids like the one in Fairfield are becoming increasingly common, and an increasingly high priority of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.   (Shutterstock.com)
%u201CThe government won%u2019t work with me,%u201D said Monte Lobb, Koch spokesman, regarding the company's desire to comply with immigration laws.
%u201CThe government won%u2019t work with me,%u201D said Monte Lobb, Koch spokesman, regarding the company's desire to comply with immigration laws.   ( Koch Foods)
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