Indictments of workers mount after the Mississippi immigration raids, but no employers have been cha

[Eugene]

Source: CNN

Indictments of workers mount after the Mississippi immigration raids, but no employers have been charged

By Ray Sanchez, CNN
Updated 0013 GMT (0813 HKT) August 22, 2019

(CNN) — As federal indictments stack up against dozens of undocumented immigrants rounded up in workplace raids in Mississippi, no charges have been filed against employers who immigration officials believe knowingly hired them, according to online court documents.

Two of the raided chicken processing plants say they followed local and federal law and participated in E-Verify. Officials at two other plants did not respond to a request for comment.

Affidavits made public after the historic August 7 raids showed federal agents suspected the food processing plants unlawfully hired undocumented workers. But Mike Hurst, the US attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, declined to comment on whether employers will be charged, citing the ongoing investigation.

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Two weeks later, nearly 40 workers have been indicted on charges ranging from illegal re-entry to misuse of social security numbers, according to court documents.

Still, no charges have been brought against companies or managers in what experts acknowledge can be time-consuming cases.

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Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/21/us/mississippi-ice-raids-employers/index.html

[MasonDreams]

1. Looks like no one noticed.

I'll bet the safety and other labor laws were ignored. When you look at the big picture, how is this not a sophisticated corrupt step back toward slavery. Just combine the nightmare death squad dictatorial govts of Central America with our border concentration camps and privatized prisons paying a dollar a day. Farm worker explotation can slide a little closer to slavery. I feel sick.
I thought ron regun was cruel for cutting miner's black lung pensions.