Posted on 08/07/2019 6:48:51 PM PDT by Morgana
FULL TITLE: Nearly 700 people DETAINED in ICE raids at Mississippi food processing plants in the largest workplace sting in a decade
U.S. immigration officials have raided numerous Mississippi food processing plants and arrested 680 mostly Latino workers in what marks the largest workplace sting in at least a decade.
The raids, which took place on Wednesday, happened in small towns near Jackson with a workforce made up largely of Latino immigrants.
The towns hit include Bay Springs, Carthage, Canton, Morton, Pelahatchie and Sebastapol.
About 600 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents surrounded the perimeters of a Koch Foods Inc. plant in Morton to prevent workers from fleeing during the raids.
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Koch (Brothers) Foods, Heh heh heh.
When do we start arresting the employers?
That’s the way to get them to stop hiring illegal aliens.
I thought Trump was going to fine them?
We need to jail them.
Think you need evidence to do that. Is it 10k per person or more? Never had to think about this law.
umm.. how about focusing on deporting the illegals in swing states?
I mean.. yeah deport them ALL, but .. lets at least focus first on where it matters most.
I guess they are going for the biggest bust. Drain the swamp
Illegals need not apply.....
No, that's not how we do it.
We pit the most vulnerable groups against each other so no one asks questions about the employers.
Get with the program.
I caught that too. Now put the company through an long, extensive, exhaustive audit going back 5 years or so. Then find them into bankruptcy.
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What’s he up to lately...
Last I heard he was living in Qatar.
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3769979/posts
93 comments if anyone cares to scan thru them
Yup. Some job openings . . maybe the businesses will give incentives for those who will relocate from out of state/city?
Hm.
There are millions of these types of jobs being done by people who can’t speak a word of English. Most are here illegally, no doubt.
The Koch Bros. love slave labor. The price is right.
...and THAT is why the Koch Brothers want open borders.
It’s not the Koch bros, though they probably do love illegals.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koch_Foods
Koch Foods is a food processor and distributor in Park Ridge, Illinois that is listed by Forbes Magazine as number 163 on the list of the largest private companies in the US.[1] As of October 2014, the company had a revenue of $3 billion, and approximately 14,000 employees.[1] The company is owned by Joseph Grendys.
The company does business under the Koch Foods, Antioch Farms, Preferred Foods, and Rogers Royal brands. It also has private labels products. The company is a supplier for Burger King, Kroger and Walmart.[2]
Racial discrimination against farmers
Koch has been accused of discriminating against black contract farmers and retaliating against those that spoke out. From 2009 to 2015 the company went from having contracts with four black farmers in Mississippi to having none. USDA investigators found “evidence of unjust discrimination” against black farmers by Koch.[2]
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit
In 2012 the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission brought a class employment discrimination lawsuit against Koch alleging harassment of workers and discrimination based on national origin and race at Koch’s Morton, Mississippi plant.[4] The lawsuit alleged that workers were “subjected to touching and sexually suggestive comments, were hit, were charged money for normal everyday work activities” among other things.[5]
In 2018 Koch Foods paid $3,750,000 plus other relief to settle the case.[6]
He’s worth $2.9 billion but can’t afford to hire Americans.
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