An Omaha food plant owner says he followed the rules for hiring immigrants. It was raided anyway. [View all]
Source: Associated Press
An Omaha food plant owner says he followed the rules for hiring immigrants. It was raided anyway.
By MARGERY A. BECK
Updated 7:18 PM EDT, June 11, 2025
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The owner of an Omaha food packaging company says his business has been unfairly hamstrung by federal immigration officials, who raided the plant and arrested more than half its workforce.
The raid took place despite the company meticulously following the government’s own system for verifying the workers were in the country legally, owner Gary Rohwer said Wednesday.
Glenn Valley Foods now is operating at about 30% of capacity as the business scrambles to hire more workers, Rohwer said as he stood outside the plant.
Asked how upsetting the raid was, Rohwer replied, “I was very upset, ma’am, because we were told to e-verify, and we e-verified all these years, so I was shocked.”
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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/immigration-raid-omaha-ice-food-plant-e5a29f4883ebabf63c6009e3c2068916
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