Overview
- ICE executed a federal search warrant on June 10 at Glenn Valley Foods in Omaha and detained between 75 and 100 workers suspected of using false or stolen documents.
- The Homeland Security Department described the action as the largest worksite enforcement operation in Nebraska under President Trump’s administration.
- Company leaders said they used the E-Verify system but that federal agents identified many employees presenting fraudulent credentials.
- Omaha police and the Douglas County sheriff assisted with traffic control despite plant management’s assertion that it received no advance notice.
- The White House has demanded that ICE sharply increase arrests of undocumented migrants as protests and community concerns grow over family and economic impacts.