On Tuesday, June 10, dozens of people were arrested in a immigration raid On a large scale made by agents of the Immigration and Customs Control Service of the United States (ICEfor its acronym in English) in a meat processor in Omahathe largest city in the state of Nebraska.
Don Baconcongressman who represents the second district of Nebraska, assured local media that the migration operation “resulted in more than 80 detainees”, Who were in a meat processing plant in the south of Omaha, following an investigation related to the use of false identities In the US.
However, those responsible for the plant informed ICE agents that their employees have everything in order and that, in hiring, they used E-verify, The official website of the National Security Department that allows companies to verify if their workers are authorized legal To work in the United States.
Given the circumstances, this new action of the Immigration and Customs Control Service was answered with protests by relatives of the arrested and other members of the community in Omaha, who, at a given time, tried to prevent that ICE vehicles left the city with all the people detained.
The biggest raid in Nebraska
According to various local media, such as the newspaper Nebraska Examiner, the new operation of the Immigration and Customs Control Service “unleashed the panic in the surrounding region. ”Therefore, many businesses that use undocumented immigrants In Nebraska they closed their doors on Wednesday 11 and Thursday, June 12.
“The migratory agents executed a Federal search warrant Based on a current criminal investigation on large -scale employment of foreigners without authorization to legally work in the United States, ”a spokeswoman for ICE, who added that the investigation He still continues.
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So far, it is believed that this is The biggest raid against undocumented immigrants in Nebraska From the return to the White House, in January 2025, of the Republican president Donald Trumpwho currently executes a raid policy, Deportations and large -scale expulsions throughout the US territory.
In addition, this new operation occurred at a time when the county of Los Angeles faces his fifth day protests Because of the raids that ICE carried out there in early June, so Trump decided to send thousands of soldiers To California, despite the fact that local authorities did not request military support at any time.
Protesters block with their bodies
After the detention of migrants in Omaha, workers of the meat packing plant in the city tried block To ICE agents throwing About vehicles to prevent them from passing, since more than 75 undocumented were arrested in the largest raid made in Nebraska during Trump’s second mandate.
A video taken by a local medium reporter Flatwater Press It shows the buses that transported immigrants detained, while citizens launched stones to ICE vehicles and They pounced On his windshield. Given this situation, the agents decided to get off the trucks and face the protesters.