Agents from U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement arrested about 680 undocumented workers, predominantly Hispanic, at seven different food processing plants in the state of Mississippi. The cities affected by the raids include Canton, Pelahatchie, Carthage, Walnut Grove, Morton and Bay Springs. Several of the processing facilities were chicken plants, including ones owned by Koch Foods and Peco Foods.
Peco Foods confirmed that three of its facilities in Canton, Bay Springs and Sebastopol were raided. Koch Foods said that its processing plant in Morton was raided. PH Food Inc. in Morton; MP Food Inc. in Pelahatchie and Pearl River Foods Inc. in Carthage were the other plants involved, according to AP reports.