Agents detained people at Glenn Valley Foods in Omaha. There were reports of actions at three other locations, but Homeland Security officials said that was not the case.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided an Omaha meatpacking plant on Tuesday morning, sowing fear into the community as advocates and family members attempt to figure out how many people were detained and where they were taken.

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  • ✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, who represents Omaha, said the warrant was in relation to stolen identities. Bacon said Glenn Valley is “a victim in this as well” and said the company used E-Verify, an identity verification tool.

    Fuck you. That company was under no illusion what their workforce looked like. Fucking stolen identity. Oh no they’re paying social security taxes that they can never claim! What will we do.

    • jballs@sh.itjust.works
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      1 day ago

      Yeah these companies 100% know what their workforce looks like. I had a family member who was a manager at meat packing plant in the Midwest. He would hire immigrants who would provide a social security number that he knew wasn’t their own. If it came back as invalid, they would come back the next day with a different social security number and he would hire them.

      This was the plant’s policy, though eventually he did get fired for it when they needed a fall guy.