As federal indictments stack up against dozens of undocumented immigrants rounded up in workplace raids in Mississippi, no charges have been filed against employers who immigration officials believe knowingly hired them, according to online court documents
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Two of the raided chicken processing plants say they followed local and federal law and participated in E-Verify. Officials at two other plants did not respond to a request for comment. Affidavits made public after the historic August 7 raids showed federal agents suspected the food processing plants unlawfully hired undocumented workers.
Child makes tearful plea to ICE: I need my dad 02:03Criminal prosecutions of employers who knowingly hire undocumented workers are rare -- with just 11 people and no companies prosecuted from April 2018 to March 2019, according to an analysis by Syracuse University. Criminal penalties against employers were enacted by Congress in 1986. The number of prosecutions since then have rarely surpassed 15 per year.
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