Claims of ID Fraud Lead to Largest Raid in State History
By Nigel Duara, William Petroski and Grant Schulte
Postville, Ia. – The largest workplace raid in Iowa history Monday resulted in the arrest of more than 300 people and reignited the debate over immigration.
As two law enforcement helicopters hovered overhead, dozens of federal agents descended on Agriprocessors Inc., the nation’s largest kosher slaughterhouse.
The 300 people arrested represent almost one-third of the plant’s 968 workers, and federal officials said the number of arrests could increase. The number is three times as many as were arrested in a raid 18 months ago at the Swift plant in Marshalltown.
Months in planning, Monday’s raid involved 16 local, state and federal agencies, led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). They executed search warrants related to criminal activity, as well as a civil search warrant for people believed to be in the United States illegally.
“This is the largest operation of its type ever in Iowa,” said Matt M. Dummermuth, U.S. attorney for the Northern District.(…Full Article)
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