Feds found more than two dozen minors working in Ohio poultry plant
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The children, mainly from Guatemala, according to local immigration advocates, were working in meat processing and sanitation in a plant run by Gerber’s Poultry.

Federal agents found more than two dozen minors illegally working inside a poultry plant in Kidron, Ohio, earlier this month, according to local immigration advocates who spoke to NBC News on the condition of anonymity.

The children, mainly from Guatemala, according to the advocates, were working in meat processing and sanitation in a plant run by Gerber’s Poultry, which produces Amish Farm Chicken, advertised with the slogan “Better feed, better taste.”

  • Silverseren@kbin.social
    111·
    1 year ago

    Of course, the horrific flip side to this is that the end result (hopefully with the companies actually getting in trouble) is still going to be to deport all these kids.

    And if they can’t find their parents, I would expect they’d just stick them on a plane and kick them out of the airport on the other end in Guatemala.

    • paysrenttobirds@sh.itjust.works
      6·
      1 year ago

      Seems like they may be legal and documented, just not properly protected

      HHS finds homes for unaccompanied minors, sending them to live with adult sponsors who may be relatives or family friends. In the report, submitted to HHS and Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin, D.-Ill., the Government Accountability Project said whistleblowers it represents allege the agency’s case management system may have failed to match all children with thoroughly vetted sponsors and did not track the children properly after they left government care.