Postville, IOWA: Up to 700 Illegal Aliens Arrested in Immigration Raid (Agriprocessors Inc., Meat Packing Plant)

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The Iowa raid targeted illegal immigrants using stolen social security numbers.

POSTVILLE, Iowa -- The raid today at Agriprocessors, Inc. meat packing plant targeted individuals who were using stolen Social Security numbers. Officials say at least 300 have been arrested but that the number could go as high as 700.

The raid was the largest of it's kind in Iowa according to Claude Arnold of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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Posted by tyne at May 12, 2008