ICE Raids Spread to Agriculture as Meat Plant Targeted (2)

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.

The administration of President Donald Trump is ramping up immigration raids across the country, and farm workers are no longer being spared. Almost half of ...