Immigration Officials Raid Poultry Plant - Greenville News Story - WYFF Greenville
GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Federal immigration agents are executing a criminal search warrant Tuesday at the Columbia Farms poultry processing plant on Rutherford Road in Greenville County.
More than 300 people suspected of being illegal immigrants have been detained, agents said.
The raid by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency is part of ICE's ongoing 10-month investigation into unauthorized employment of workers at the plant.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin McDonald said the raid began shortly before 9 a.m. Tuesday during a shift change at the plant.
Federal prosecutors and immigration agents have been investigating the plant's hiring practices. McDonald says a recent review of immigration paperwork of 825 workers showed more than 775 contained false information.
South Carolina U.S. Attorney Walt Wilkins and ICE have called a news conference for Tuesday afternoon in downtown Greenville.
Wilkins said that there are between 400 and 450 ICE agents involved in the raid, but not all are at the site.
"We're here to enforce the laws of the United States against those who use identification documents to unlawfully obtain jobs as well as those employers who knowingly hire and harbor undocumented aliens," Wilkins said. "That's what we're doing here."
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