I.c.e. raids in Nebraska, Minnesota target businesses

[brassmonkey]

The investigative arm of U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement — Homeland Security Investigations — led the operation that saw about a dozen businesses and plants raided and 17 business owners and managers indicted for fraud, wire fraud and money laundering.

Of those, 14 were taken into custody Wednesday and three were still being sought. Authorities also arrested more than 130 workers at various businesses, busing them to Grand Island, Nebraska, to be questioned and processed.

Most of the arrests occurred in northern Nebraska and southern Minnesota. Several of the businesses were in O'Neill, Nebraska, a town of about 3,000 about 160 miles (260 kilometers) northwest of Omaha. Officials said they were still looking to take three owners or managers into custody as part of the operation.

Special agent in charge Tracy Cormier described the operation as one of the largest in Homeland Security Investigations' 15-year history. Between 350 and 400 federal, state and local law enforcement officers worked together on the arrests, she said.

The focus of the operation is unusual in that it targeted business operators for arrest. Most immigration raids have targeted workers suspected of being in the country illegally. "The whole investigation was initiated, basically, because we knew that these businesses were cheating these workers and cheating taxpayers and cheating their competition," Cormier said.

The businesses engaged in a scheme that used fraudulent names and Social Security numbers to employ people in the country illegally, she said. The businesses used "force, fraud, coercion, threat of arrest and/or deportation" to exploit the workers, Cormier said. The business that hired out the immigrants also forced the workers to cash their paychecks with that business for an exorbitant fee, officials said, and withheld taxes from workers' pay without paying those taxes to the government.

"It kind of reminds us of the revival of the old 'company store' policy, where it used to keep the coal miners indebted to the company for all kinds of services ... like check cashing," she said. Also arrested were 133 workers suspected of being in the country illegally, according to ICE. Some will be issued notices to appear before an immigration judge and released, while those with criminal backgrounds will remain in ICE custody.

The raids come as President Donald Trump's administration has been carrying out high-profile immigration enforcement actions against employers. Dozens of workers were arrested at a meatpacking plant in rural Tennessee in April, followed by agents rounding up more than 100 employees two months later at an Ohio gardening and landscaping company.

Immigration officials have also beefed up audits of companies to verify their employees are authorized to work in the country. Officials opened nearly 5,300 employer audits since January, many after audits at 100 7-Eleven franchises in 17 states in January.

On Wednesday, investigators served warrants at Elkhorn River Farms, hydroponic tomato grower O'Neill Ventures, La Herradura restaurant and grocery store El Mercadito, all in O'Neill. A private ranch outside O'Neill also was searched.

No phone number could be found for El Mercadito. Calls to the other businesses went unanswered or messages left were not returned. Pork producing giant Christensen Farms saw search warrants served at its headquarters in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, its truck wash facility in Appleton, Minnesota and a producer plant in Atkinson, Nebraska. Spokeswoman Amber Portner said the company was cooperating with agents. She said she knew of no arrests at any of the company's locations Wednesday.

Other businesses raided were in Stromsburg, Ainsworth, Bartlett and Royal, all in Nebraska. Civil rights organizations in Nebraska were quick to denounce Wednesday's operation. "The ACLU condemns this ongoing campaign of misery that targets immigrants, disrupts local businesses and separates families," Rose Godinez, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska, said in a written statement released Wednesday morning after news reports of the raid at O'Neill Ventures.

The effect of such operations are the same whether they target businesses or immigrants, said Jeff Sheldon, spokesman for advocacy group Nebraska Appleseed. "This is going to leave widespread fear and damage in the community," he said. "You got businesses that are directly affected. You've got neighborhoods that are directly affected. You'll have kids tonight coming home to a house where one or more of their parents are gone. This is pain that can last for generations."

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[8pt-buck]

Originally Posted by brassmonkey

You got businesses that are directly affected. You've got neighborhoods that are directly affected. You'll have kids tonight coming home to a house where one or more of their parents are gone. This is pain that can last for generations."

[GAMEFINEST]

Ice is no joke

[Bladewire]

Originally Posted by brassmonkey

The investigative arm of U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement — Homeland Security Investigations — led the operation that saw about a dozen businesses and plants raided and 17 business owners and managers indicted for fraud, wire fraud and money laundering.

Of those, 14 were taken into custody Wednesday and three were still being sought. Authorities also arrested more than 130 workers at various businesses, busing them to Grand Island, Nebraska, to be questioned and processed.

Most of the arrests occurred in northern Nebraska and southern Minnesota. Several of the businesses were in O'Neill, Nebraska, a town of about 3,000 about 160 miles (260 kilometers) northwest of Omaha. Officials said they were still looking to take three owners or managers into custody as part of the operation.

Special agent in charge Tracy Cormier described the operation as one of the largest in Homeland Security Investigations' 15-year history. Between 350 and 400 federal, state and local law enforcement officers worked together on the arrests, she said.

The focus of the operation is unusual in that it targeted business operators for arrest. Most immigration raids have targeted workers suspected of being in the country illegally. "The whole investigation was initiated, basically, because we knew that these businesses were cheating these workers and cheating taxpayers and cheating their competition," Cormier said.

The businesses engaged in a scheme that used fraudulent names and Social Security numbers to employ people in the country illegally, she said. The businesses used "force, fraud, coercion, threat of arrest and/or deportation" to exploit the workers, Cormier said. The business that hired out the immigrants also forced the workers to cash their paychecks with that business for an exorbitant fee, officials said, and withheld taxes from workers' pay without paying those taxes to the government.

"It kind of reminds us of the revival of the old 'company store' policy, where it used to keep the coal miners indebted to the company for all kinds of services ... like check cashing," she said. Also arrested were 133 workers suspected of being in the country illegally, according to ICE. Some will be issued notices to appear before an immigration judge and released, while those with criminal backgrounds will remain in ICE custody.

The raids come as President Donald Trump's administration has been carrying out high-profile immigration enforcement actions against employers. Dozens of workers were arrested at a meatpacking plant in rural Tennessee in April, followed by agents rounding up more than 100 employees two months later at an Ohio gardening and landscaping company.

Immigration officials have also beefed up audits of companies to verify their employees are authorized to work in the country. Officials opened nearly 5,300 employer audits since January, many after audits at 100 7-Eleven franchises in 17 states in January.

On Wednesday, investigators served warrants at Elkhorn River Farms, hydroponic tomato grower O'Neill Ventures, La Herradura restaurant and grocery store El Mercadito, all in O'Neill. A private ranch outside O'Neill also was searched.

No phone number could be found for El Mercadito. Calls to the other businesses went unanswered or messages left were not returned. Pork producing giant Christensen Farms saw search warrants served at its headquarters in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, its truck wash facility in Appleton, Minnesota and a producer plant in Atkinson, Nebraska. Spokeswoman Amber Portner said the company was cooperating with agents. She said she knew of no arrests at any of the company's locations Wednesday.

Other businesses raided were in Stromsburg, Ainsworth, Bartlett and Royal, all in Nebraska. Civil rights organizations in Nebraska were quick to denounce Wednesday's operation. "The ACLU condemns this ongoing campaign of misery that targets immigrants, disrupts local businesses and separates families," Rose Godinez, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska, said in a written statement released Wednesday morning after news reports of the raid at O'Neill Ventures.

The effect of such operations are the same whether they target businesses or immigrants, said Jeff Sheldon, spokesman for advocacy group Nebraska Appleseed. "This is going to leave widespread fear and damage in the community," he said. "You got businesses that are directly affected. You've got neighborhoods that are directly affected. You'll have kids tonight coming home to a house where one or more of their parents are gone. This is pain that can last for generations."

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You've said many times that you support this.

[OneHungLo]

Originally Posted by 8pt-buck

[slapass]

This is the way to go. If no one supported the illegal community, it would not exist.

[kane]

Good. They should be going after people who hire illegals. If people can't get jobs when they come here illegally, they will stop coming here illegally.

[Rochard]

Originally Posted by kane

Good. They should be going after people who hire illegals. If people can't get jobs when they come here illegally, they will stop coming here illegally.

Exactly. This is what ICE was created to do.

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by Bladewire

You've said many times that you support this.

yep it is time to cut the fucking cord! biz owners are going to jail! now let's do landlords!

[candyflip]

Originally Posted by Bladewire

You've said many times that you support this.

Hwy shitlicker...where does he say he doesn’t?

[OneHungLo]

lol beerpatrl definitely avoiding this thread

[slapass]

Originally Posted by Rochard

Exactly. This is what ICE was created to do.

You have to say it is more cost effective than a wall.

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by slapass

You have to say it is more cost effective than a wall.

no need for a wall you go to where they work! no job they deport themselves

[OneHungLo]

Originally Posted by brassmonkey

no need for a wall you go to where they work! no job they deport themselves

Yeah, but we really need to go after the illegals too. Most of them steal peoples identities and wreak havoc on their victims by causing undo tax burdens, criminal records, rack up medical bills and many poor people get kicked off of government services that they need because they end up making too much because of the illegal is working under their #ss.

They really are a plague and need to be eliminated.

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by OneHungLo

Yeah, but we really need to go after the illegals too. Most of them steal peoples identities and wreak havoc on their victims by causing undo tax burdens, criminal records, rack up medical bills and many poor people get kicked off of government services that they need because they end up making too much because of the illegal is working under their #ss.

They really are a plague and need to be eliminated.

when i say go to jobs that includes raids! biz owner and parasites

[Bladewire]

Originally Posted by OneHungLo

Most of them steal peoples identities and wreak havoc on their victims by causing undo tax burdens, criminal records, rack up medical bills and many poor people get kicked off of government services that they need because they end up making too much because of the illegal is working under their #ss.

Most of them?

You're such a fucking idiot liar. I'm glad you're scared of everyone different from you. You'll suffer this fear the rest of your life and end up in a nursing home surrounded by nothing but minorities who you rely on for food, cleanliness & to wipe your ass. Love it

[OneHungLo]

Originally Posted by Bladewire

Most of them?

You're such a fucking idiot liar. I'm glad you're scared of everyone different from you. You'll suffer this fear the rest of your life and end up in a nursing home surrounded by nothing but minorities. Love it

There are millions of them working under stolen identities.

[Bladewire]

Originally Posted by brassmonkey

no need for a wall you go to where they work! no job they deport themselves

Why will we never see ICE raiding farm workers?

[Bladewire]

Originally Posted by OneHungLo

There are millions of them working under stolen identities.

Post a link with proof of millions currently working under stolen identities. You can't. You're just a racist fear monger

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by Bladewire

Why will we never see ICE raiding farm workers?

they will because when they have shuttles from the city to farms guess what... people will go and work.

[Bladewire]

Originally Posted by brassmonkey

they will because when they have shuttles from the city to farms guess what... people will go and work.

No they won't

The farms are the first place you raid when you want to jail illegal workers.

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by Bladewire

No they won't

The farms are the first place you raid when you want to jail illegal workers.

do the numbers! farms vs a fucking meat factory. which one has a bigger number? you live in a place where that shit is coming to an end. you guys are going to get trump a second term!t i don't trust him... he is getting it done less the south side chicago. i don't think it is racist... the money being made is on black gangs

[crockett]

Waiting for ICE to raid Trump's construction projects..

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by crockett

Waiting for ICE to raid bush's construction projects..

fixed it

[OneHungLo]

Originally Posted by Bladewire

Post a link with proof of millions currently working under stolen identities. You can't. You're just a racist fear monger

1.4 million illegals working under stolen Social Security numbers: Audit

But the IRS only manages to identify half of the potentially 1.4 million people likely affected by the fraud in 2015, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration said in its report.

When will bladeliar learn it's illegal for illegal aliens to steal American citizens' IDs?

[Bladewire]

Originally Posted by OneHungLo

[URL="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/22/14-million-illegals-working-stolen-social-security/"]But the IRS only manages to identify half of the potentially 1.4 million people likely affected by the fraud in 2015, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration said in its report.

You're so desperate and constantly spinning your web of racist lies.

No, millions of people are not proven to do this and convicted and/or deported.

[OneHungLo]

Originally Posted by Bladewire

You're so desperate and constantly spinning your web of racist lies.

No, millions of people are not proven to do this and convicted and/or deported.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has documented over 1.3 million identify thefts committed by illegal aliens..

^^ you think that's it? haha jokes on you, faggot.

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by OneHungLo

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has documented over 1.3 million identify thefts committed by illegal aliens..

^^ you think that's it? haha jokes on you, faggot.

probably higher https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3233418/ watch the first part where a marine recruit tells the boy to avoid i.c.e. he is a traitor to the country he swore to protect!

[astronaut x]

Originally Posted by OneHungLo

Yeah, but we really need to go after the illegals too. Most of them steal peoples identities and wreak havoc on their victims by causing undo tax burdens, criminal records, rack up medical bills and many poor people get kicked off of government services that they need because they end up making too much because of the illegal is working under their #ss.

They really are a plague and need to be eliminated.

You eliminate their jobs and they won't be here. It really is that simple.

You go after the people hiring them. What do you say? Don't want to speak out against rich, and mostly white business owners who hire illegals and give them a reason to stay and come here?

I thought you couldn't get any more irrelevant. I was wrong.

[astronaut x]

Originally Posted by OneHungLo

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has documented over 1.3 million identify thefts committed by illegal aliens..

^^ you think that's it? haha jokes on you, faggot.

Fake news.

You are going to tell me they investigated 1.3 million cases and know they were all illegal immigrants.

In more cases then not, employers have been the ones helping these people fly.