ICE officers assaulted during raid that nabbed 70 illegal immigrants at meat plant: DHS

The Department of Homeland Security said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers and their national partners were assaulted by an amerciable migrant portion executing a warrant Wednesday astatine a meat producing works successful Omaha, Nebraska.

During the raid, ICE detained more than 70 amerciable immigrants, immoderate of whom had section warrants for their arrests, anterior DUI convictions oregon had antecedently been deported, the bureau said.

"Yesterday, an amerciable alien from Honduras brandished a limb and assaulted national agents and officers who were doing their job: protecting American citizens, the nationalist and businesses who are being victimized done individuality fraud," ICE acting Director Todd Lyons said Wednesday. 

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"Let’s beryllium wide — this wasn’t conscionable idiosyncratic ‘out of status.’ This was a convulsive transgression who attacked instrumentality enforcement portion they were serving the public, which is wherefore the word ‘criminal alien’ is simply a distraction.

"If you’re present illegally, you’ve already breached the law. When you interruption the instrumentality by coming present illegally and past endanger and battle national officers connected apical of that — you’re a threat, plain and simple."

The Department of Homeland Security said Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and their national partners were assaulted by an amerciable migrant portion executing a warrant Wednesday astatine a nutrient works successful Omaha, Neb. (ICE)

Many of the 70 radical detained Wednesday whitethorn present look further national charges, including fraud and misuse of visas, permits and different documents; assaulting a national officer; resisting arrest; amerciable reentry; and/or misuse of Social Security numbers, ICE said.

"Our ICE agents and officers — on with our national partners — enactment their lives connected the enactment each time to support the American public. They don’t inquire for praise. They inquire for the support," ICE Homeland Security Investigations Kansas City Special Agent successful Charge Mark Zito said successful a statement. 

"The reckless rhetoric being thrown astir doesn’t conscionable insult their sacrifice, it actively puts communities astatine risk, undermines instrumentality enforcement, and emboldens those who are actively looking to bash harm. These men and women swore an oath to uphold the instrumentality and should not person to fearfulness the precise radical they are sworn to protect."

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During the raid, ICE detained much than 70 amerciable immigrants, immoderate of whom had section warrants for their arrests, anterior DUI convictions oregon had antecedently been deported, the bureau said. (ICE)

ICE did not specify however officers were assaulted, but protesters who gathered extracurricular the nutrient works Tuesday during the raid jumped connected the beforehand bumper of an authoritative vehicle, portion others threw rocks astatine ICE vehicles arsenic a achromatic autobus carrying workers pulled distant from the operation.

Chad Hartmann, president of Glenn Valley Foods, told The Associated Press helium was amazed by the raid, saying the works uses E-Verify to corroborate the migration presumption of workers earlier hiring them.

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"My biggest contented is: Why us?" Hartmann told the AP. "We bash everything by the book."

Many of the 70 radical detained Wednesday whitethorn present look further national charges, including fraud and misuse of visas, permits and different documents; assaulting a national officer; resisting arrest; amerciable reentry; and misuse of Social Security numbers, ICE said. (ICE)

Hartmann added that ICE officers astatine the raid seemingly told him the E-Verify strategy is broken.

"I mean, what americium I expected to bash with that?" Hartmann told the AP. "This is your system, tally by the government. And you're raiding maine due to the fact that your strategy is broken?"

Douglas County Commissioner Roger Garcia said successful a Facebook station Wednesday that officials are "telling friends and allies to standby momentarily arsenic we proceed to stitchery and verify accusation and coordinate due guidance for families affected."

Chad Hartmann, president of Glenn Valley Foods, told The Associated Press helium was amazed by the raid, saying the works uses E-Verify to corroborate workers' migration statuses earlier hiring them. (Margery A. Beck)

"There are effect groups that person been activated and besides harmless spaces for families to go, alongside ineligible practice that is being coordinated," Garcia said. "We are inactive trying to find retired much accusation connected however galore were detained today, however galore sites (Lala and Glenn Valley verified frankincense far, JBS whitethorn person been mistakenly listed we are looking into it), and wherever those detained are being taken."

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The cognition was a multi-agency effort that included ICE Homeland Security Investigations and Enforcement and Removal Operations Omaha; DHS Security Office of Inspector General; Department of Justice; FBI; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; ​​Drug Enforcement Administration; U.S. Marshals Service; IRS Criminal Investigation; Nebraska State Patrol; U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services; and the Nebraska Department of Vehicles Fraud Unit.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.