Bystanders jump in for ice vehicles with arrested migrants in after raid on a meat packaging installation
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Shocked locals threw themselves for immigration and customs enforcement vans that were loaded Dozens of illegal migrants have been picked up In a raid on a meat packaging installation.
Ice officers stormed Glenn Valley Foods Processing Plant in Omaha, Nebraska On Tuesday and arrested to 80 illegal immigrants who work under fake IDs.
Shocking images emerged on Tuesday of the moment three bystanders who had gathered outside the factory, blocked the path of a tinted black van.
Even when the agent started driving to them behind the wheel of the car, the trio refused to go out of the road and grab their phones on their chest while they filmed the moment the van plowed them.
As shocked bystanders shouted oneThe trio begged, the trio jumped on the hood of the van, which came to a halt abruptly and she threw the hood.
“You called me over,” one of the men told the agent when he got out of the car, made in the video by Flat water -free press.
Moments later, the agent jumped behind the wheel again and rushed with speed, with at least one woman still at the front of the car.
“You don’t take those people,” a bystander shouted when an agent approached the woman those moments earlier on the car.
Gersiede locals threw themselves for immigration and customs enforcement vans that were loaded with dozens of illegal migrants picked up in a raid on a food plant
Ice officers stormed Glenn Valley Foods Meat Processing Plant in Omaha, Nebraska on Tuesday and arrested up to 80 illegal immigrants who worked under fake -IDs
Employees were taken out of the store and taken in vans if they could not prove their immigration status
“Don’t touch me, don’t touch me,” she said repeatedly.
Others used rocks and sticks in an attempt to break the rear window of the car and to free the people who were held in the car.
An iced officer approached a boy who tried to break into the car and pushed him roughly on the floor and told him he would “come back.”
When the boy rose again, he spit on the agent.
It is understood that at least three vans with 15 passengers were loaded with illegal migrants, while others were accompanied in a bus with a closered windows.
The cars were accompanied by an escort for law enforcement when they left the plant.
Gary Rohwer, owner and CEO of Glenn Valley Foods, told local media outlet that federal agents told him that 97 employees used false id’s.
He said that his company had used e-verify during the recruitment process and that he did not know that one of his employees was working illegally in the United States.
Shocking images emerged on Tuesday of the moment three bystanders who had gathered outside the factory, blocked the path of a tinted black van
Family members of employees were reportedly hurried to the scene, some who tried to bring documentation for their loved ones
As horrible bystanders shouted and argued, the trio jumped on the bonnet of the van, which came to a halt abruptly and she threw the hood from the hood
“They are good, hardworking, honest,” he said. “They are part of our family.”
Rohwer said that he was not aware of the raid in advance and that IJs officers began to screen his staff.
“They had a list of 97 employees they screened. If they are in order, they will return to work. If they are not in order, they will not be back. ‘
According to witnesses, the staff were separated into two groups within the factory – those who could verify their legal work status and those who could not.
Family members of employees reportedly hurried to the scene, some who tried to bring documentation for their loved ones.
ICE spokesperson Tanya Roman confirmed that agents today carried out a federal house search order at Glenn Valley Foods, on the basis of a constant criminal investigation into the large-scale employment of extraterrestrial beings without permission to work in the United States. ‘
She said that despite other reporting, Glenn Valley Foods’s raid was the only operation in the Omaha region that took place on Tuesday.
Mayor John Ewing Jr., who only officially took office on Monday, said that he and his team ‘tried to find out what was happening today.
ICE spokesperson Tanya Roman confirmed that agents today performed a federal house search order at Glenn Valley Foods, on the basis of a constant criminal investigation into the large-scale employment of extraterrestrial beings without permission to work in the United States’
It is understood that at least three vans with 15 passengers were loaded with illegal migrants, while others were accompanied in a bus with a closered windows
Local population kept signs protesting against ice and the raids
‘We know that such actions influence families. My administration works together with community groups to understand the scale of need, “said the mayor.
“We don’t want people to be so afraid that they stop reporting crimes. Our Omaha Police Department will respond to 911 calls and not ask about the legal status. ‘
Ewing repeated that the police officers of Oma did not and will not look for individuals to check their legal status. ‘
Several small protests arose around Omaha in the aftermath of the raids on Tuesday, according to a similar pattern such as the timeline of demonstrations in Los Angeles.
Protesters gathered to condemn raids in the center of LA on Friday, but the anger of the community ran through the entire weekend and led to violent riots.
President Trump sent around 700 Marines and a total of 4,100 National Guard troops to regain control of the crisis, Conscing from state democrats and community leaders.
The violence extended to a fifth day on Tuesday after rioters set fire to vehicles, plundered buildings and attacked the authorities.
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