YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 Impact of ICE Removing undocumented workers from Mississippi poultry plants had an industry-wide impact BY RYA N M CC A R T H Y | r m c c a r t hy @ s o s l a n d.c o m D 24 MEAT+ POULTRY | 12.19 | www.meatpoultry.com The remaining 380 people were transported to detention facilities in southwestern Mississippi and Louisiana, according to Mike Hurst, US Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi. ICE officials stated that the agricultural processing plants in Mississippi were part of an ongoing Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) worksite enforcement criminal investigation. A Koch Foods processing plant in Morton, Mississippi, was included in the raid and a PH Foods poultry plant in Morton was also part of the federal investigation. Reporting by The Clarion Ledger in Photos: US Immigration and Customs Enforcement US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids took place in seven poultry processing plants in Mississippi this summer. uring 2019, one of the largest workplace US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in history took place, leaving the poultry processing industry and its workforce under scrutiny. Early in August, immigration officials raided seven poultry processing plants in Mississippi as part of an effort to identify workers at the facilities who were living in the US illegally. The raids resulted in 680 people being detained by government officials. On Aug. 8, about 300 of the 680 people detained were released, according to the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Mississippi. The people released were prohibited to work until their court date.http://www.meatpoultry.com