Thursday, December 21, 2006
Immigration - Behind the scenes of the Swift raid
Well, from my place in life, this seems quite unusual...
Christine Tatum reports for the DenverPost.com:
"Swift accused ICE on Wednesday of refusing to cooperate with the company to make the raid as unobtrusive as possible. "They made it clear they were just going to show up and conduct a one-day raid," company counsel Don Wiseman said.
For nearly two weeks, Swift & Co. officials fought to block an impending immigration raid they knew was coming.
According to newly unsealed federal-court records filed in Amarillo, Texas, on Dec. 4, the company sought an injunction to stop U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from raiding six of its plants across the nation.
On Dec. 7, the company's request was denied. And on Tuesday, the raid went forward.
While waging the sealed court fight, Swift scrutinized its workers' employment documents. Nearly 400 workers nationally "simply disappeared" because of that review, said Don Wiseman, the company's general counsel."
