Raid nets 200 at chicken plant

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Raid nets 200 at chicken plant


Immigration agents raided a poultry packaging facility in Fairfield early
today and arrested as many as 200 illegal immigrants who were working there.

The raid, one of the largest of its kind this year in Greater Cincinnati, is
part of a two-year investigation into the hiring practices at the
Chicago-based Koch Foods Company.

The Fairfield processing facility is located at 4100 Port Union Road in
Fairfield.

Immigration officials described Koch Foods as an "egregious violator" of
U.S. immigration laws, which means the company is suspected of knowingly
hiring undocumented workers.

Brian Moskowitz, a special agent in charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement for Ohio and Michigan, said agents arrived with search warrants
today and seized documents and other materials that could be used to build a
criminal case against company officials. Search warrants also were served
today at the company's Chicago offices.



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