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4 executives from two Mississippi poultry processing plants indicted in 2019 immigration raid

By Associated Press

Aug. 6, 2020

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Iris Villalon, 44, of Ocean Springs, shields her face from media cameras as she crosses the street following an arraignment hearing at the Thad Cochran United States Courthouse in Jackson, Miss., on immigration crimes and other federal charges stemming from the largest single-state worksite enforcement action last year at a number of Mississippi poultry processing plants in which 680 illegal immigrants were detained, Thursday, Aug. 6, in Jackson, Miss. She was accompanied by her attorney John Reeves, left, and his assistant.
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Aubrey "Bart" Willis exits the Thad Cochran United States Courthouse in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Aug. 6, after his arraignment in federal court on immigration crimes and other federal charges stemming from the largest single-state worksite enforcement action last year at a number of Mississippi poultry processing plants.
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Carolyn Johnson, left, exits the Thad Cochran United States Courthouse in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Aug. 6, accompanied by attorney Bethany Johnson, after being arraigned in federal court on immigration crimes and other federal charges stemming from the largest single-state worksite enforcement action last year at a number of Mississippi poultry processing plants.
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U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst announces,left, Thursday, Aug. 6, in Jackson, Miss., the indictments four executives from two Mississippi poultry processing plants on federal charges tied to one of the largest workplace immigration raids in the U.S. in the past decade. Thursday's announcement was made a day before the one-year anniversary of the raids in which 680 people were arrested at seven poultry plants in central Mississippi.
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Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Matt Albence comments Thursday, Aug. 6, in Jackson, Miss., after the announcement of the indictments of four executives from two Mississippi poultry processing plants on federal charges tied to one of the largest workplace immigration raids in the U.S. in the past decade. Their announcement happened a day before the one-year anniversary of the raids in which 680 people were arrested at seven poultry plants in central Mississippi.
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U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst announces Thursday, Aug. 6, in Jackson, Miss., the indictments four executives from two Mississippi poultry processing plants on federal charges tied to one of the largest workplace immigration raids in the U.S. in the past decade. Thursday's announcement was made a day before the one-year anniversary of the raids in which 680 people were arrested at seven poultry plants in central Mississippi.
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In this 2019 photo, handcuffed workers are escorted into a bus for transportation to a processing center following a raid by U.S. immigration officials at a Koch Foods Inc., plant in Morton, Miss. Three months after immigration agents arrested 680 Latino workers in a massive workplace sting at seven Mississippi chicken processing plants, a congressional committee plans a hearing into the raids and their effects, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2020, in Jackson, Miss.
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In this this 2019 photo, a trailer loaded with chickens passes a federal agent outside a Koch Foods Inc., plant in Morton, Miss., following an immigration raid. Federal officials announced Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, the indictments of four executives from two Mississippi poultry processing plants on federal charges tied to one of the largest workplace immigration raids in the U.S. in the past decade.
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In this this 2019 photo, handcuffed workers await transportation to a processing center following a raid by U.S. immigration officials at Koch Foods Inc., plant in Morton, Miss. Federal officials announced Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, the indictments of four executives from two Mississippi poultry processing plants on federal charges tied to one of the largest workplace immigration raids in the U.S. in the past decade.
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In this 2019 photo, Friends, coworkers and family watch as U.S. immigration officials raid the Koch Foods Inc., poultry processing plant in Morton, Miss. Federal officials announced Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, the indictments of four executives from two Mississippi poultry processing plants on federal charges tied to one of the largest workplace immigration raids in the U.S. in the past decade.
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