Immigration officials arrest 21 at Smithfield slaughterhouse – Raleigh, North Carolina
Tagged: North Carolina, protestPosted on: January 25th, 2007“Almost two dozen workers were arrested by immigration officers Wednesday at the countrys largest hog slaughterhouse, where about 1,000 mostly Hispanic workers walked-off the job recently to protest firings of immigrant workers.
The 21 individuals, whose names and ages werent released, were escorted from their jobs at the Smithfield Foods Inc. plant to an upstairs conference room, where they were interviewed by agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Smithfield spokesman Dennis Pittman said.”
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