Thread: Immigration arrests 60-70 workers in Ill. raid

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. Immigration arrested 60 to 70 sanitation workers early Wednesday at Cargill's pork plant in Beardstown, Illinois, the mayor said.

The plant was closed for several hours, said Beardstown Mayor Bob Walters. The workers were employed by a company contracted by Cargill Inc.
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Can you feel the momentum growing and growing and growing?

April 22-25th The first of the days that the American Patriot will stand and be heard.

You have overplayed your hand illegal.
Your marches were brilliant. Carrying the Mexican flag was a nice touch.
I couldn't have planned it better myself.

Go quickly back into the shadows from whence you came..
America has had enough. We will be watching from every corner from here on out. We will report. You will go home.

Have a nice day.

I think all Americans should report illegals. I have and will continue to do so. The key is to making phone calls as it makes it easier for ICE and they can get more raids in than they would if they had to find them on their own. I am waiting for them to raid one spot where they drive to and then get bused to construction jobs building luxury condos in Sunny Isles Beach and Bal Harbor. What gets me is how many police officers know that this is going on and yet have not reported it. Shame on them!

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By Bob Burgdorfer

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Federal immigration agents arrested 62 sanitation workers during a Wednesday morning raid at Cargill Inc.'s pork plant in Beardstown, Illinois, some on identity theft charges and others for being illegal immigrants, immigration officials said.

The arrests disrupted meat production at the plant for about three hours, but no Cargill employees were arrested, immigration and company officials said.

The raid was smaller in scope than one four months ago that temporarily shut down six Swift & Co. meat plants and prompted calls from the meat industry for changes in federal immigration laws to make it easier to hire immigrant workers.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said those arrested on Wednesday were sanitation workers employed by Chattanooga, Tennessee-based Quality Service Integrity Inc., which was hired by Cargill.

"The investigation, which is ongoing, began in January. The ICE investigation revealed that most of the QSI work force was composed of illegal aliens," ICE said in statement released at a news conference.

QSI was cooperating with ICE officials, but had no other comment, said Bill White, QSI's director of human resources.

Some of those arrested were soon released to care for their children or for health reasons, ICE officials said.

We cooperated with ICE by giving them access to wherever they needed to go," Cargill spokesman Mark Klein said.

Cargill employs about 2,200 people at the plant, which can slaughter about 18,000 hogs a day, said Klein.

Immigration officials told a news conference in Chicago that 13 workers were arrested on charges of identity theft, and another 49 on immigration charges. Those arrested included the QSI manager at the plant and a QSI personnel administrator.

Cargill Inc., a privately held agribusiness conglomerate based in Minnesota, is the nation's second-largest beef producer and fourth-largest pork producer, according to industry estimates.


Beardstown, located about 200 miles southwest of Chicago, is a small river town of about 6,000 people, about a third of whom are Hispanics who were attracted by work at the Cargill plant.

"We welcome immigrants any time, but there's a right way to do it and a wrong way to do it. If people are illegal, we're not going to tolerate it," Mayor Bob Walters told Reuters by telephone.
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Immigrants make up a large percentage of workers at U.S. meat plants.

In December, hundreds of employees were detained during the raids at Swift & Co. plants in six states. The raids, which temporarily shut those plants, were part of an investigation into identity theft involving illegal immigrants.

The raids at Swift sparked calls from meat industry leaders for an overhaul of U.S. immigration policies to make it easier for meat companies to hire immigrants legally.

A large portion of meat industry workers are immigrants, mainly Hispanics, because of difficulties filling positions that involve fast-paced and dirty work.

A large portion of meat industry workers are immigrants, mainly Hispanics, because of difficulties filling positions that involve fast-paced and dirty work.

This statement is intellectually dishonest.

Difficulties filling positions due to DECREASED WAGES for American workers. Slave wages that only ILLEGAL ALIENS would agree to accept.

Let's tell the truth, shall we?

Remember that Cargill is one of the companies boycotted last year for giving their workers the day off to attend pro-illegal immigration protests?

Quality Service Integrity Inc.

Originally Posted by cvangel

Remember that Cargill is one of the companies boycotted last year for giving their workers the day off to attend pro-illegal immigration protests?

I remember! What idots anyway. Their buddies over at Swift were just raided. Did they think they would be exempt?

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