Here's a picture from USDA establishment 3W in Worthington, MN.
When will the CEO of Swift be in jail?
It's nice to see ICE doing their job, for once!
Why do they have to use the excuse of "Identity Theft" to justify this raid? How about the fact that they are illegal.
Swift has already released a statement that they have done nothing wrong.
Sounds heavy. 500 plastic cable ties bound with a rubber band would be more convenient to carry.
Actually, both the CEO and the illegals could make a good salami, since it is a meat-processing facility anyway. CEO - a premium kind, with wine, at something like $10+ a pound. the rest of the bunch would not rate more than $7 a pound, though.
10:16 a.m. update: A look at the documents.
The Greeley Tribune is reviewing the affidavits of 25 arrest warrants filed Monday afternoon at Weld District Court in connection with an United States Immigration Customs Enforcement raid on Swift & Co. plants in Greeley and other locations. We will post updates of the affidavits in groups of five at a time. These posts will contain excerpts and summaries of some of the affidavits. Here is the first group:
• On July 6, 2006, a woman claiming to be Edna Flores completed a portion of her Form I-9 that identified her as a U.S. citizen with a Colorado I.D. card. Federal Trade Commission records show Edna Flores is actually a resident of Texas and filed a complaint after she got a notice from the IRS saying she owed back taxes. ICE agents compared a photo of Edna Flores with the Swift employee and determined they were different people.
• On Nov. 26, 2002, a man claiming to be Otilio Torres Rivera completed forms that identified her as a citizen with a North Carolina I.D. card. A death certificate shows Rivera died Feb. 2, 2005. His sister filed a complaint after receiving an earning report from the Social Security Administration saying he was employed. His sister also reported Virginia police told her Rivera’s vehicle was in an accident after he had died.
• On Jan. 4, 2002, a man claiming to be Alvino De Leon Correa completed forms that identified him as citizen with a Colorado I.D. card. FTC records show Correa is actually a resident of Texas. He believes his information may have been stolen when he lost his wallet. ICE agents compared a driver’s license photo of Correa with that of the Swift employee and determined they were different people.
• On July 30, 2001, a woman claiming to be Yesenia Lopez filled out forms identifying her as citizen with a Nebraska I.D. card. FTC record show Yesenia Hernandez is a California resident and filed a complaint after she learned someone using her maiden name was employed at “Swift Beef Company.” Ice agents used a copy of her driver’s license to determine she and the Swift employee were different people. When contacted by agents, she said Hernandez said she had never lived in Nebraska or Colorado.
• On Mar. 11, 2003, a woman claiming to be Jennifer Rosas filled out forms identifying her as a citizen with a Colorado I.D. card. FTC records show that Rosas is actually a resident of Texas and filed a complaint after learning someone used her I.D. to get a driver’s license in Arkansas and get a job at “Swift Beef Company.” She reported someone may have stolen her I.D. when they stole her purse. ICE agents compared her driver’s license photo with a photo of the Swift employee and determined they are different people.
www.greeleytribune.com check there for more updates, if they can get the website to stay up!
I didn't read anywhere that the illegals were being shipped south of the border.
10:33 a.m. Buses and vans are leaving the Swift & Co. beef packing plant moving through a corridor of Greeley Police Department cars which are blocking a crowd of several hundred who are chanting at the vehicles leave the packing plant.
The buses and vans were leaving southbound on 8th Avenue through downtown Greeley.
Earlier, Father Bernie Schmitz of Our Lady of Peace was at the scene, reciting the Rosary with several in the crowd.
Looks like the police got the crowd under control...
No! He'll get away with this. In a month he'll have the illegal aliens replaced with more illegal aliens.
The government should use the RICO law to take all the assets of the company and the personal assets of the executives and board of directors. That would have companies all over the country cleaning house of their illegal aliens.
Employ an illegal, put a US citizen out of work, is what congress believes.
I do not know where the tipping point is in this nation, but illegals will figure prominently in the tipping point, when the citizens of this nation will have had enough. I do not know when it will happen, but it will happen, should we continue on this path where illegals are given jobs before Americans.
The buses and vans were leaving southbound on 8th Avenue through downtown Greeley.
Earlier, Father Bernie Schmitz of Our Lady of Peace was at the scene, reciting the Rosary with several in the crowd.
ping
6 down, hundreds to go!!!!!
I think this as just a feel good measure to show us they are trying to do something.
Why am I not surprised about the Hyrum, Utah plant. Utahn's love illegal aliens. Illegals have caused a major hassle out here, and it is time we shut them down.
Bounty? Anyone?
I wish one of these bastards would start to contribute to MY SS account. I could retire in better shape.
I wonder if such crimes were figured into Texas's recent study into how wonderful and economically beneficial illegal immigrants are.
Now if they would just hit the new costructions sites.