Posted on 07/29/2005 3:30:03 PM PDT by DumpsterDiver
Agents from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency raided a poultry plant in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, this week, arresting 119 plant workers the agency said were illegal aliens, the Siftings Herald News has reported.
Ronnie Farnam, manager of the Petit Jean Poultry operation, was quoted as saying the company had to cut production by about 70 per cent due to the loss of workers, but he believes many of the workers actually have the necessary paperwork to stay in the United States.
He said the federal agents entered the plant without warning. "It was disturbing. There was no reason for it," he said, noting that Petit Jean Poultry has worked with immigration officials in the past.
The arrests were made as a result of the conviction of a local resident who pleaded guilty to multiple counts of selling identity documents and Social Security cards, a release from the immigration agency stated, as reported by the newspaper.
The local resident, identified in the release as Maria Moreno, formerly worked at Petit Jean. She was arrested in December 2004 and pleaded guilty to charges in February.
Of those arrested, two were from Honduras, one from El Salvador, one from Guatemala and the remaining were from Mexico. There were 50 males and 69 females, including a 14-year-old girl, the release noted.
Just damn! Fix the title.
Prosecute with extreme prejudice, all of them.
They heard about a special on Arroz con Pollo.
I thought the Illegal aliens started a "Hombres de minuto" for a second!
Yeah, right Ronnie. That's it, that's the ticket.
As if you didn't conspire to bring each and every one of these illegals in. YOU belong behind bars for agood 10 to 20 years.
SNIFF....SNIFF...
nah, 10 million more. raid bayourod's business next.
When they start stopping them at the border and turning them back I'll be impressed. How many crossed while this "raid" was going on.
Notwithstanding the child labor laws...
LOL. Needs title fix. I thought for sure it was war for a sec there.
"Illegal Aliens Raid Arkansas Poultry Plant"??
DALE BUMPERS (D-AR)
Petit Jean Poultry Inc $2,000
Click the link...that is the title. Wisconsinites ought to be real proud...
"National & World Ag News Headlines
Illegal Aliens Raid Arkansas Poultry Plant
USAgNet - 07/29/2005 "
I can't imagine living my life having, to look over my shoulder all the time. How would you have any peace? My conscience would eat a hole right through me. I guess I will never be a secret agent spy.......
Go vote in this poll on CNN
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/lou.dobbs.tonight/
Is Petit Jean Poultry a subsidiary of Tyson? If not, why isn't Tyson getting raided? Tyson is one dirty underhanded scumbag company so I'm sure they encourage employment of illegals.
I nominate this article for "Worst Title of the Year"
MILLSAP, LEON
HOT SPRINGS,AR 71903
PETIT JEAN POULTRY INC
5/3/2001
$1,000
Hutchinson, Tim
MILLSAP, LEON
DANVILLE,AR 72833
PETIT JEAN POULTRY INC./PRESIDENT
8/1/2002
$1,000
Dickey, Jay
MILLSAP, LEON
DANVILLE,AR 72833
PETIT JEAN POULTRY INC./PRESIDENT
8/1/2002
$1,000
Dickey, Jay
So they also violated child labor laws in addition to immigration laws. Where's the outrage?
Earlier, the actual AP headline about NC's Rep. Robin Hayes changing his CAFTA vote was :"Texas Congressman Changes CAFTA Vote".
That's what happens when you go on vacation and leave the interns in charge.
You have to start somewhere.......it will hopefully give the illegals a second thought.......
Just damn, back at'cha. I only posted the article because I loved the title. Check it out. :^_
Illegal Aliens Raid Arkansas Poultry Plant
USAgNet - 07/29/2005
LMAO!!
Yes, I too detect an odor of troll...
I don't write the headlines, I merely post them for your entertainent.
Let's blame it on the copy editor or something. :)
I like to blame it on interns.
You know yourself this was a token raid. Bush is still pro open borders.
I clicked through - that's the real title. Time for an obligatory joke about the Wisconsin educational system, I suppose.
They probably turned in the competition. lol!
For sticking up for Bush?
Why would illegal aliens raid an Arkansas poulty plant?
Is that kinda like
Why did the chicken cross the road?
LOL!!
"... and the Petit-Jean poultry plant (now known as Tyson Foods)."
What idiot wrote that title??
How'd you like to be headline writer for the Wisconsin Ag Connection?
Deport them all the way to the shoreline of Patagonia after they have been chipped for rapid identification in case they are energetic and show up again.
July 27, 2005
119 ILLEGAL ALIENS IN ARKADELPHIA ARRESTED BY ICE AGENTS
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents yesterday arrested 119 illegal aliens here at Petit Jean Poultry Inc. following an audit of the company’s employee records, and in response to a February identity theft conviction.
Those arrested were employed at the facility using actual identities of United States citizens. Special agents from the local ICE Texarkana Office were joined by 30 agents from other ICE regional offices. The ICE New Orleans Office of Investigations conducted the employee audit pursuant to an administrative search warrant obtained from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas. Special agents from the Little Rock Office of the Social Security Administration’s Inspector General office assisted in the operation.
Many aliens apprehended at Petit Jean were determined to have illegally purchased U.S. citizen birth certificates and Social Security Cards, and then used those documents to obtain identification cards bearing their photos from the State of Arkansas. The Arkansas identification cards were then used to obtain employment under the stolen identity.
Yesterday’s operation stemmed from an ICE investigation into the sale of U.S. citizen birth certificates and social security cards that culminated in the December 2004 arrest of a former Petit Jean employee. The employee, Maria Moreno of Arkadelphia, Ark., pleaded guilty Feb. 14 to multiple counts of a federal indictment charging that she unlawfully sold identity documents and social security cards. Approximately $60,000 in cash was seized from Moreno as suspected proceeds of her unlawful activities.
The arrested aliens were turned over to ICE Detention and Removal Operations. Information regarding fraudulently used Social Security numbers will be provided to the Social Security Administration and the Internal Revenue Service to unscramble the earning records of the affected U.S. citizen victims.
Of those arrested, two were from Honduras, one from El Salvador, one from Guatemala, and the remaining 115 aliens were from Mexico. There were a total of 50 males, 69 females, one of which was a 14-year-old juvenile. Wages paid to the illegal aliens ranged from $6 to $6.80 per hour.
“ICE is committed to enforcing laws relating to identity theft, false claims to U.S. citizenship, and fraud," said Craig Griffin, resident agent-in-charge for the ICE Texarkana office. "We will arrest those who violate immigration employment laws and continue to restore integrity to the U.S. immigration system."
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is continuing to investigate this case.
So tell us, do you think Bush's actions or, more correctly, his lack of action, in enforcing this nation's immigration laws is worthy of defending?
They wanted a warning to what, be able to leave first?
I don't think this works that way, and I look forward to the fines on the business owner.
So are you saying that I shouldn't quit my day job just yet?
:)
You base this on what? This article?
"ICE is committed to enforcing laws relating to identity theft, false claims to U.S. citizenship, and fraud," said Craig Griffin, resident agent-in-charge for the ICE Texarkana office. "We will arrest those who violate immigration employment laws and continue to restore integrity to the U.S. immigration system."
Great idea !!! I love it...
Hell No! My tagline for the last several months has read, "Mr. President, close our borders now!" I removed it just today.
What I'm questioning is believing that newbie to be a troll when he was obviously sticking up for Bush, no matter what. Most trolls are Bush bashers.
Petit Jean Poultry Deboned Chickens
Ronnie Farnam
125 Technology Dr.
870-xxx-xxxx
Number of Employees: 750
Now, the plant almost exclusively provides boneless birds for Tyson, Ronnie Farnam, general manager of the Clark County Industrial Park plant, told members of the Clark County Industrial Commission Thursday, March 18.
Petit Jean did have a beef procession plant for a while at Stillwell, OK, but it was bought outright by Tyson's for its beef operation.
slave traders are the worst next to human smugglers for $
A headline that's good for a laugh.
Where's a good document forger when you need one? come Monday everyone will be legal, wink, wink.
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