THE HOT JOINTS » meatacking plant http://www.thehotjoints.com Breaking News and Opinion Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:11:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Immigration Raid On Iowa Meatpacking Plant Nets 390 http://www.thehotjoints.com/2008/05/13/immigration-raid-on-iowa-meatpacking-plant-nets-390/ http://www.thehotjoints.com/2008/05/13/immigration-raid-on-iowa-meatpacking-plant-nets-390/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 21:05:17 +0000 Chris Jones http://www.thehotjoints.com/?p=3579

From the AP:

Federal officials say a raid at a northeastern Iowa meat processing plant this week was the largest in U.S. history.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say 390 people have been arrested on immigration charges after Monday’s raid at Agriprocessors Inc. in Postville. The facility is the world’s largest kosher meatpacking plant.

The raid was aimed at seeking evidence of identity theft, stolen Social Security numbers and people who are in the country illegally.

Fifty-six of those arrested have been released on humanitarian grounds; many of them have to take care of children.

Others arrested in the raid at are being held in county jails and at a converted fairgrounds.

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