September 8, 2008

ICE Strikes Again in California

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested twenty-three (23) workers at The Sun Valley Group, one of California’s major wholesale flower growers, in Arcata. The workers were taken into custody on administrative immigration violations. All are citizens of Mexico. The arrests are the result of an investigation that originated with a call to ICE’s tip line. ICE uncovered evidence that some of the workers used Social Security numbers and alien registration numbers that were fraudulent, did not belong to them, or did not authorize employment.