Immigration raid: Oregon plant raided after undercover investigation

Carolyn Hileman* | June 13, 2007

Filed Under Crime Criminals Justice, Immigration

PORTLAND — Federal agents raided offices at a food processing plant Tuesday after an undercover investigation found that hundreds of illegal workers were using Social Security numbers that belonged to somebody else or were made up.

The raid at American Staffing Resources Inc. offices at the Fresh Del Monte Produce fruit and vegetable processing plant near the Portland shipyards was based on an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Social Security Administration that began last January, officials told The Associated Press.

A federal judge authorized agents to search for evidence of violations such as hiring illegal aliens, identity theft and Social Security fraud, according to the U.S. attorney’s office in Portland.

Prosecutors said a federal grand jury indicted three people on criminal charges but the indictment remained under seal.

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