ICE Raids Pilgrims Pride Chicken Plants

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Federal Immigration Agents Raid Poultry Plant


Federal agents raided a north Arkansas poultry plant Wednesday morning after managers gave them a tip about some workers using stolen identity documents.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Temple Black tells The Associated Press that the arrests came as part of an ongoing criminal investigation that involved a Pilgrim's Pride poultry plant in Batesville. Black declined to say how many people were arrested or describe the nature of the investigation.

Pittsburg, Texas-based Pilgrim's Pride spokesman Ray Atkinson says the company went to ICE agents with information about identity theft at the Batesville plant. The plant employs about 370 people. Atkinson said says no criminal or civil charges had been filed against the company.

ICE agents also conducted simultaneous raids at five other Pilgrim's Pride plant locations across the country, Atkinson said. Those included Chattanooga, Tennessee; Live Oak, Florida; Mount Pleasant, Texas; and Moorefield, West Virginia.

Black says ICE agents also served unrelated arrest warrants Wednesday morning in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and Georgia, Black said.

Julie Myers, Immigration and Customs Enforcement assistant secretary, told The Associated Press that more than 100 people were expected to be arrested on criminal charges related to identity theft.

It was unclear how many more would be detained on immigration charges at the plants in Texas, Arkansas, Florida, Tennessee and West Virginia, she said. Agency spokeswoman Kelly Nantel had estimated at least 100 such administrative arrests.

Mexican consul Andres Chao said he called authorities Wednesday morning to remind them that the law entitled every citizen of his country to speak officials from the Little Rock consulate after their arrest.

Federal officials did not immediately give details or say if that operation was connected with the Arkansas raid.

Wednesday's raid is the first for ICE on an Arkansas poultry plant since a July 27, 2005, raid on a Petit Jean Inc. Poultry plant in Arkadelphia. That day, agents arrested 119 suspected illegal immigrants.

Pilgrim's Pride has about 55,000 employees and operates dozens of facilities, mostly across the South and in Mexico and Puerto Rico.

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Update: Federal Immigration Agents Raid Batesville Poultry Plant


Federal agents raided a north Arkansas poultry plant Wednesday morning after managers gave them a tip about some workers using stolen identity documents.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Temple Black tells The Associated Press that the arrests came as part of an ongoing criminal investigation that involved a Pilgrim's Pride poultry plant in Batesville. Black declined to say how many people were arrested or describe the nature of the investigation.

Pittsburg, Texas-based Pilgrim's Pride spokesman Ray Atkinson says the company went to ICE agents with information about identity theft at the Batesville plant. The plant employs about 370 people. Atkinson said says o criminal or civil charges had been filed against the company.

ICE agents also conducted simultaneous raids at five other Pilgrim's Pride plant locations across the country, Atkinson said. Those included Chattanooga, Tennessee; Live Oak, Florida; Mount Pleasant, Texas; and Moorefield, West Virginia.

Black says ICE agents also served unrelated arrest warrants this morning in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and Georgia, Black said.

Julie Myers, Immigration and Customs Enforcement assistant secretary, told The Associated Press that more than 100 people were expected to be arrested on criminal charges related to identity theft.

It was unclear how many more would be detained on immigration charges at the plants in Texas, Arkansas, Florida, Tennessee and West Virginia, she said. Agency spokeswoman Kelly Nantel had estimated at least 100 such administrative arrests.

Mexican consul Andres Chao said he called authorities Wednesday morning to remind them that the law entitled every citizen of his country to speak officials from the Little Rock consulate after their arrest.

Federal officials did not immediately give details or say if that operation was connected with the Arkansas raid.

Wednesday's raid is the first for ICE on an Arkansas poultry plant since a July 27, 2005, raid on a Petit Jean Inc. poultry plant in Arkadelphia. That day, agents arrested 119 suspected illegal immigrants.

Pilgrim's Pride has about 55,000 employees and operates dozens of facilities mostly across the South and in Mexico and Puerto Rico.

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LITTLE ROCK (AP) - Federal agents raided a north Arkansas poultry plant Wednesday morning over suspected immigration violations, authorities said.

Temple Black, a spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, told The Associated Press that the arrests came as part of an ongoing criminal investigation that involved a Pilgrim's Pride poultry plant in Batesville. Black declined to say how many people were arrested or describe the nature of the investigation.

"We anticipate agents and officers will be on the premises for several hours," Black said. "More information about the investigation and those arrested will be available this afternoon."

Independence County Sheriff Keith Bowers said the raid occurred at 6 a.m. Wednesday. Bowers said ICE agents did not tell him what their purpose was in raiding the plant.

Bowers said he and five other deputies only provided security at the plant's gates during the operation and left just after 8 a.m.

"They came in in cooperation with Pilgrim's Pride," Bowers said.

Ray Atkinson, a spokesman for Pittsburg, Texas-based Pilgrim's Pride, did not immediately return a call for comment Wednesday morning. The company has other plants in Arkansas in Clinton, De Queen and El Dorado.

Wednesday's raid is the first for ICE on an Arkansas poultry plant since a July 27, 2005, raid on a Petit Jean Inc. poultry plant in Arkadelphia. That day, agents arrested 119 suspected illegal immigrants.

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Mexican consul Andres Chao said he called authorities Wednesday morning to remind them that the law entitled every citizen of his country to speak officials from the Little Rock consulate after their arrest.

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The only thing the official will be able to say is "Dude, you're screwed"!!

GO ICE

Pilgrim's Pride has about 55,000 employees and only 100 are Illegal Aliens? Or do they only arrest IAs who steal IDs and the company thinks it looks good by throwing ICE a bone.

lets call ICE and say THANKS and tell them TYSON needs to be next

866-347-2423

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Originally Posted by jimpasz

Pilgrim's Pride has about 55,000 employees and only 100 are Illegal Aliens? Or do they only arrest IAs who steal IDs and the company thinks it looks good by throwing ICE a bone.

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i think that means they have 55,000 employees working in plants all across the country and in puerto rico

"jimpaz" this looks like a joke on the American people to me, there is no way out of 55,000 employee's only 100 are illegal or only 100 are using stolen ID....what crap!!

ICE Local news conference at 2:30 Local time in Dallas

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Federal agents raided a north Arkansas poultry plant Wednesday morning after managers gave them a tip about some workers using stolen identity documents.

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I wonder if these managers knew the identity documents were stolen when they hired these illegal invaders?

And if they didn't know, this is another example at to why every business that hires labor should be required to use E-Verify. Obviously, illegals are presenting fradulent and or stolen documents and using them to obtain jobs.

E-Verify should be mandatory for any business or company who has been raided by ICE and was found to have illegals employed in which that employment was obtained using fradulent identification.

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lets call ICE and say THANKS and tell them TYSON needs to be next

866-347-2423

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i just did this and after i said tyson, the lady on the other end just busted out laughing

They just said on Faux news that ALL chicken plants in the US are being raided today due to the ID theft ring. Details at a news conference in Dallas at 2:30 pm today eastern time.

I wonder how many people found out and stayed home from work or left early! :roll:

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Mexican consul Andres Chao said he called authorities Wednesday morning to remind them that the law entitled every citizen of his country to speak officials from the Little Rock consulate after their arrest.

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OH PLEEZE! :roll:

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Pilgrim's Pride has about 55,000 employees and operates dozens of facilities, mostly across the South and in Mexico and Puerto Rico.

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Hey, I can skip the McChicken sandwich, anyday!

This is very interesting news since Pilgri's Pride recently announced a possible plant closing in Ark. Hmmmmmm......Will they change things around so the ICE raids are blamed for the closing, if it does happen?

Pilgrim's pride considers shuttering El Dorado plants

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Associated Press - April 10, 2008 5:45 PM ET

EL DORADO, Ark. (AP) - Pilgrim's Pride says it's told managers and workers at El Dorado, Arkansas, plants that they may close if the company doesn't see improvements in quality and a return on its investment.

More than 1,600 people work at a processing plant, a feed mill and a hatchery in Union County owned by Pilgrim's Pride. continued at

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http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-111378-pilgrims.html+pride

How about they next target all the "day labor centers" get the illegals that aren't working out....and of course, sweep the jails. How about all the illegals working at McDonald's, Burger King and other fast-food chains?

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Mexican consul Andres Chao said he called authorities Wednesday morning to remind them that the law entitled every citizen of his country to speak officials from the Little Rock consulate after their arrest.

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The consuls will advice those arrested not to co-operate and remain silent.

Now this is good . Bout time ICE gets backs to the big corrupt money Elites.
BUT , With our Immigration Laws enforced there would be no need for much of this type of Raid .
Illegal is just that , Illegal = NO Amnesty

I'm not going to get too excited about this just yet, not until I find out that they arrested every illegal alien working in the plant(s).

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Pittsburg, Texas-based Pilgrim's Pride spokesman Ray Atkinson says the company went to ICE agents with information about identity theft at the Batesville plant.

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Of course they did. I'll bet the fact that they were under an onging investigation didn't have a thing to do with it either. :lol:

It sounds like the company had a feeling that ID's were being stolen. Who knows maybe they did you E-verify. Then they saw they belonged to someone else so they called the feds and set up the operation. Let's give them the benefit of the doubt right now. I would love to see more companies do this.

What perfect timing for a nationwide raid while the Pope is here whining about poor Illgals. :D

Wonder how the Pope will spin the stealing of American Citizens Identifications by these poor mis-understood law breaking IA's.

The illegal aliens came on a wing and a prayer, only to find there foul half baked goose (or chicken) was cooked.Plucked and stuffed by ICE.
No more free range for them. now they sit bound and roasting in a hot oven like cell, there hens and chicks had all their eggs in one greedy
employers basket. No more feathering the nest with taxpayers $$$ its not chicken feed.

Now we know why the illegal crossed the road (and the river).

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Originally Posted by jimpasz

The illegal aliens came on a wing and a prayer, only to find there foul half baked goose (or chicken) was cooked.Plucked and stuffed by ICE.
No more free range for them. now they sit bound and roasting in a hot oven like cell, there hens and chicks had all their eggs in one greedy
employers basket. No more feathering the nest with taxpayers $$$ its not chicken feed.

Now we know why the illegal crossed the road (and the river).

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:lol::lol: Your on a roll Jim & soooo funny::lol::lol:

Go ICE!!!

Job well done!!!

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Wouldn't it be GREAT if more employers called ICE when they suspect people are using stolen ID's to get jobs? What kind of ripple effect could that cause?

Way to go Pilgrim. I'll look for your product, not Tyson.

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Originally Posted by Texan123

Wouldn't it be GREAT if more employers called ICE when they suspect people are using stolen ID's to get jobs? What kind of ripple effect could that cause?

Way to go Pilgrim. I'll look for your product, not Tyson.

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They could if they used E-verify voluntarily. IF the Save Act passes, then all would be mandated to do so. That's why Baca, Pelosi, and OBL congress members who want cheap labor don't want it passed.

I am not impressed with Pilgrims Pride. They broke the law and fessed up to some of it, so now they are not punished for it? If anyone were to rob a bank and latter fess up to it, they would not forge jail time and neither should those at the Pilgrims Pride Plants.

Me either JP.

They're trying to cover their butts because their hands were caught in the cookie jar back in January.