ICE Raids Spread to Agriculture as Meat Plant Targeted

Homeland Security police prepare to transport immigrants who were taken into custody in Chicago on June 4.

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Immigration raids rocking cities from Los Angeles to Chicago are spreading to the agriculture industry, with a meat plant in the Midwest and fruit workers in California being targeted.

More than 70 people were detained after a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid at a meat plant in Omaha, Nebraska, earlier this week. Federal agents are also taking actions against farm laborers in California, the nation’s largest agricultural state, according to the United Farm Workers.