"We knew in advance and cooperated fully."

That's what a spokesperson for Pilgrim Pride said when referring to ICE raids at their plants that now has 100 hard-working immigrants arrested.

The raids happened early this morning in 5 different states. According to the Associated Press it was "part of a long-term investigation" in which the company Pilgrim's Pride "went to ICE agents with information about identity theft at their Arkansas plant."

There were also separate arrests at a Houston donut plant as well as some restaurants where immigrants (as if indentured servants) were paying off debts to the people that smuggled them into the United States.

For the full story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080416/ap_on_bi_ge/immigration_raid

MY TAKE:

ICE and Pilgrim's Pride is spinning this by alluding to "identity theft". They know that this gets citizens scared. If anything the majority of undocumented immigrants use fake social security numbers or ones the owner "lends" them. Once again the government is trying to cover up their failings by scape-goating immigrants.

Undocumented immigrants that use a fake social do so because they can't get a real one. If Congress and the President got their act together and approved immigration reform these people would be able to get the identifications they need; helping them better contribute to this country and society because they'll be able to more fully engage in civic participation (specially in the workplace) without having to worry about getting deported if they "stir things up."