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March 1, 2007

WORKSITE ENFORCEMENT: OPERATION WAGON TRAIN

ICE agents executed civil search warrants on Dec. 12, 2006, at six facilities owned by Swift & Company, one of the nation's largest processors of pork and beef. Agents apprehended 1,297 illegal alien workers on administrative immigration violations. Of those, 274 have also been charged with criminal violations related to identity theft or other violations. The investigation is ongoing.

Plant location	Alien administrative arrests	Alien criminal arrests
Cactus, TX	297	53
Greeley, CO	252	21
Grand Island, NE	252	26
Worthington, MN	239	20
Marshalltown, IA	99	30
Hyrum, UT	158	124
TOTALS*	1297	274

Countries of origin of those arrested are: Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Peru. Of those taken into custody, 649 have been removed from the United States.

*As of 03/01/07 at 11:10 a.m.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was established in March 2003 as the largest investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security. ICE is comprised of five integrated divisions that form a 21st century law enforcement agency with broad responsibilities for a number of key homeland security priorities.

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