Correction: Immigration-Food Plant Raids story
Posted August 07, 2020 7:00 am
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - In a story August 6, 2020, about indictments filed against executives from two Mississippi poultry plants, The Associated Press erroneously reported the number of people convicted following immigration raids at seven plants in the state last year. Seventy-three people have been convicted, not 17.
U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst announces Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, in Jackson, Miss., the indictments four executives from two Mississippi poultry processing plants on federal charges tied to one of the largest workplace immigration raids in the U.S. in the past decade. Thursday's announcement was made a day before the one-year anniversary of the raids in which 680 people were arrested at seven poultry plants in central Mississippi. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Matt Albence comments Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, in Jackson, Miss., after the announcement of the indictments of four executives from two Mississippi poultry processing plants on federal charges tied to one of the largest workplace immigration raids in the U.S. in the past decade. Their announcement happened a day before the one-year anniversary of the raids in which 680 people were arrested at seven poultry plants in central Mississippi. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst announces Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, in Jackson, Miss., the indictments of four executives from two Mississippi poultry processing plants on federal charges tied to one of the largest workplace immigration raids in the U.S. in the past decade. Thursday's announcement was made a day before the one-year anniversary of the raids in which 680 people were arrested at seven poultry plants in central Mississippi. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2019, file photo, Friends, coworkers and family watch as U.S. immigration officials raid the Koch Foods Inc., poultry processing plant in Morton, Miss. Federal officials announced Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, the indictments of four executives from two Mississippi poultry processing plants on federal charges tied to one of the largest workplace immigration raids in the U.S. in the past decade. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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FILE - In this this Aug. 7, 2019 file photo, a trailer loaded with chickens passes a federal agent outside a Koch Foods Inc., plant in Morton, Miss., following an immigration raid. Federal officials announced Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, the indictments of four executives from two Mississippi poultry processing plants on federal charges tied to one of the largest workplace immigration raids in the U.S. in the past decade. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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FILE - In this this Aug. 7, 2019, file photo, handcuffed workers await transportation to a processing center following a raid by U.S. immigration officials at Koch Foods Inc., plant in Morton, Miss. Federal officials announced Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, the indictments of four executives from two Mississippi poultry processing plants on federal charges tied to one of the largest workplace immigration raids in the U.S. in the past decade. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Matt Albence comments Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, in Jackson, Miss., after the announcement of the indictments of four executives from two Mississippi poultry processing plants on federal charges tied to one of the largest workplace immigration raids in the U.S. in the past decade. Their announcement happened a day before the one-year anniversary of the raids in which 680 people were arrested at seven poultry plants in central Mississippi. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst announces Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, in Jackson, Miss., the indictments four executives from two Mississippi poultry processing plants on federal charges tied to one of the largest workplace immigration raids in the U.S. in the past decade. Their announcement happened a day before the one-year anniversary of the raids in which 680 people were arrested at seven poultry plants in central Mississippi. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Iris Villalon, 44, of Ocean Springs, crosses the street as she heads for the Thad Cochran United States Courthouse in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, for an arraignment hearing in federal court on immigration crimes and other federal charges stemming from the largest single-state worksite enforcement action last year at a number of Mississippi poultry processing plants. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Aubrey "Bart" Willis, right, and Carolyn Johnson, left, exit the Thad Cochran United States Courthouse in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, accompanied by their attorney Bethany Johnson, center, after their arraignment in federal court on immigration crimes and other federal charges stemming from the largest single-state worksite enforcement action last year at a number of Mississippi poultry processing plants. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Carolyn Johnson, left, exits the Thad Cochran United States Courthouse in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, accompanied by attorney Bethany Johnson, after being arraigned in federal court on immigration crimes and other federal charges stemming from the largest single-state worksite enforcement action last year at a number of Mississippi poultry processing plants. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Aubrey "Bart" Willis exits the Thad Cochran United States Courthouse in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, after his arraignment in federal court on immigration crimes and other federal charges stemming from the largest single-state worksite enforcement action last year at a number of Mississippi poultry processing plants. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Iris Villalon, 44, of Ocean Springs, shields her face from media cameras as she crosses the street following an arraignment hearing at the Thad Cochran United States Courthouse in Jackson, Miss., on immigration crimes and other federal charges stemming from the largest single-state worksite enforcement action last year at a number of Mississippi poultry processing plants in which 680 illegal immigrants were detained, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, in Jackson, Miss. She was accompanied by her attorney John Reeves, left, and his assistant. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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