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LAKELAND, Florida -- It's been a year and a half since federal agents raided IFCO Systems pallet plants in Polk County and across the U.S., a sting coordinated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that netted nearly 1,200 undocumented workers and a handful of company executives.

Of the 38 workers nabbed locally at IFCO's plant in Homeland south of Bartow, only three have been deported while two disappeared and are considered fugitives.

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