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2025-06-21 -Lurid Crime Tales-
Massive identity theft scheme led by illegal immigrants uncovered after raid at meatpacking plant
[FoxNews] An ICE representative said that the investigation is still ongoing and that the exact number of individuals impacted is still unknown.

ICE has uncovered a massive identity theft scheme led by illegal immigrants and possibly tied to organized criminal networks following a workplace raid at a meatpacking plant in Omaha.

According to an ICE statement, approximately 70 illegal aliens working at the plant were discovered to be using stolen Social Security numbers and identities to unlawfully obtain employment authorization, wages and benefits at the expense of over 100 victims. The statement said that the victims have faced "devastating financial, emotional and legal consequences" as a result of the identity theft.

Working with other federal and state partners, ICE agents conducted a major workplace raid at Glenn Valley Foods in Omaha on June 10. The raid resulted in over 70 illegal immigrants being arrested, which sparked protests both in the community and across the country.

While the arrests have sparked outrage from some in both the local community and nationally, ICE said the illegals’ identity theft proves they were not innocent, hardworking members of society, as some have suggested.

Another ICE representative told Fox News Digital that the illegal aliens who were apprehended at Glenn Valley Foods were behind the crime and that "some may have used organized criminal networks" to carry out the crime.

The representative said that the investigation is still ongoing and that the exact number of individuals impacted is still unknown.

The ICE spokesperson pointed to a few examples of those victimized by the apprehended illegals’ identity theft scheme.

The spokesperson said a disabled person in Texas, who was unable to work, struggled to get their Social Security disability payments because an illegal alien was fraudulently using their identity and earning wages at Glenn Valley Foods.

Another victim in Colorado received a notice from the IRS to repay more than $5,000 after their income was falsely increased due to an illegal alien using their identity to work at the plant.

In Missouri, a full-time nursing student lost their college tuition assistance because it was fraudulently reported that they earned too much money due to an illegal alien at Glenn Valley Foods using their Social Security number.

Another person living in California has had to work for nearly 15 years to regain their identity and fix the financial damage done by an illegal who was working at Glenn Valley Foods, according to the spokesperson.

Mark Zito, special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations Kansas City, which covers Omaha, said in a statement emailed to Fox News Digital that "the criminals who stole these identities didn’t just break the law, they upended lives."

There have been individuals who have gone on the record recently referring to the identity thieves we arrested last week as ‘good, hardworking, and honest,’" he said. "These so-called honest workers have caused an immeasurable amount of financial and emotional hardship for innocent Americans. If pretending to be someone you aren’t in order to steal their lives isn’t blatant, criminal dishonesty, I don’t know what is."

"These victims aren’t faceless statistics; they’re real people who are being denied healthcare and have lost educational opportunities," added Zito.
So much for the claim that honest citizens benefit because illegals with stolen Social Security numbers donate to the fund without ever getting anything back.

Posted by Skidmark 2025-06-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| ||Comments [128 views ]  Top
 File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants 

#1 The bosses of these companies aren't being arrested.
This is all just theater.
Don't be fooled.
Posted by Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 2025-06-21 01:45||   2025-06-21 01:45|| Front Page || Comments   Top

#2 ICE has uncovered a massive identity theft scheme led by illegal immigrants and possibly tied to organized criminal networks following a workplace raid at a meatpacking plant in Omaha.

"Criminal networks" or Deep State mischief. You decide.
Posted by Besoeker 2025-06-21 04:16||   2025-06-21 04:16|| Front Page || Comments   Top

#3 "Criminal networks" or Deep State mischief.

And the difference is - you can reason with criminals?
Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-06-21 04:35||   2025-06-21 04:35|| Front Page || Comments   Top

#4 Given E-verify, shouldn't we be seeing arrests and $$$$$$$ fines of the business owners/Mgr's.?

As much as I am against ILLEGALS to ensure National Safety and Security. They are doing the jobs, that this Lazy-A$$ smartphone generation would either demand 4x the wages to do, or break down and cry to mommy about.
Posted by NN2N1 2025-06-21 06:00||   2025-06-21 06:00|| Front Page || Comments   Top

#5 ICE arrests 17 illegal immigrants during inspection at Pennsylvania worksite
Posted by Skidmark 2025-06-21 08:05||   2025-06-21 08:05|| Front Page || Comments   Top

#6 I vote for criminal networks. Along with transportation, food, shelter, those that supported by the NGOs (and USAID) get documents, including social security cards. They pass E-Verify.

The big contractor I worked eith for ten years always used E-Verify, but one April, one of the workers discovered he had the same SSN as his cousin. At an ICE 'raid' at Dulles Airport, half the laborers split and half of those never came back. 30 or 40 were detained.

On the other hand, I guess NGOs and USAID could be considered part of the deep state...
Posted by Bobby 2025-06-21 08:16||   2025-06-21 08:16|| Front Page || Comments   Top

#7 ^ Their operations fall entirely with the DS, even if not directly administered by them.
Posted by Rex Mundi 2025-06-21 09:48||   2025-06-21 09:48|| Front Page || Comments   Top

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