KETV, NEWSWATCH SEVEN AT TEN STARTS WITH BREAKING NEWS THAT BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT, ICE CONFIRMS MORE THAN 70 PEOPLE WHO WERE ARRESTED FOLLOWING TUESDAY’S RAID HAVE BEEN RELOCATED FROM OMAHA. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I’M MADDIE AUGUSTINE. ON THURSDAY, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SAYS 76 PEOPLE WERE ILLEGALLY WORKING AT GLENN VALLEY FOODS. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S PETE CUDDIHY HAS THE UPDATE ON WHERE THEY ARE NOW. YEAH, MATTY ICE CONFIRMED THAT MORE THAN 60 OF THE PEOPLE ARRESTED DURING THE OPERATION REMAIN IN CUSTODY AT THE LINCOLN COUNTY JAIL, WHILE THREE PEOPLE FROM MEXICO VOLUNTARILY RETURNED AND THREE PEOPLE FROM GUATEMALA HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED TO LOUISIANA IN PREPARATION FOR THEIR FUTURE REMOVAL. IN VIDEO OBTAINED BY ICE, YOU CAN SEE A BUS DROP OFF PEOPLE WHO WERE ARRESTED TO A RUNWAY. THOSE CUFFED DETAINEES WERE LED ONTO A PLANE AND THEN FLOWN OUT OF OMAHA. IN A STATEMENT, SPECIAL AGENT MARK ZITO STATES THAT THE NARRATIVE THAT THESE ARE JUST HARDWORKING IMMIGRANTS LOOKING FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM IS LUDICROUS. HE GOES ON TO SAY, THESE CRIMES HAVE LASTING EFFECTS, AND THERE ARE REAL VICTIMS INVOLVED. OF THE THREE PEOPLE FROM GUATEMALA WHO WERE TRANSFERRED TO LOUISIANA IN PREPARATION FOR DEPORTATION, ONE HAD A FINAL ORDER OF REMOVAL IN 2019. ONE HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE UNITED STATES ON FOUR PREVIOUS OCCASIONS, AND THE OTHER HAS THREE DUI CHARGES AND ONE ILLEGAL REENTRY. WE’VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS SINCE THE ICE RAID, AND WE’LL KEEP GIVING YOU UPDAT
ICE confirms more than 70 people arrested during Tuesday's ICE raid have been relocated
On Tuesday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested more than 70 people during a raid at Glenn Valley Foods. Now, ICE says more than 70 people have been "removed or transferred."
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Updated: 11:33 PM CDT Jun 14, 2025
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On Tuesday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested more than 70 people while serving a warrant at Glenn Valley Foods. MORE COVERAGE: Compelling video shows protester jumping on law enforcement vehicle at immigration raid in OmahaOn Wednesday morning, Congressman Don Bacon's office said 74 people remained in custody. Officials said the operation based off of a federal warrant, issued by Homeland Security Investigations, looking into about 100 cases of stolen identities. On Thursday, an attorney for the Department of Justice confirmed HSI found "approximately 76 people" working illegally at an Omaha plant during an enforcement operation. READ MORE: KETV received video footage from Omaha ICE raid TuesdayNow, KETV has learned more about where those people are being held or have been moved to. On Saturday, ICE said three people were in the country illegally from Mexico, and they returned voluntarily to Mexico. According to ICE officials, three other people were in the country illegally from Guatemala and have been transferred to Alexandria, Louisiana, in preparation for their "future removal." ICE said in a release that one of the three people from Guatemala has a final order of removal issued in 2019, one has been removed from the United States on four previous occasions, and the third person has three DUIs and one illegal reentry conviction.WATCH: Omaha Mayor Ewing addresses ICE raid with police chief, human rights director, and others“The false narrative that these are just hardworking immigrants looking for the American dream is ludicrous,” Mark Zito, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations, Kansas City, which covers Omaha, said in a news release. “These crimes have lasting effects. There are real victims here, people who are often left to deal with financial instability, damaged credit, and years of frustration trying to restore their identities, not to mention the harm that is done to legitimate businesses who often believe they are hiring legal workers.”ICE said more than 60 other individuals detained on Tuesday remain in local custody at the Lincoln County Jail, pending immigration proceedings.
OMAHA, Neb. — On Tuesday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested more than 70 people while serving a warrant at Glenn Valley Foods.
MORE COVERAGE:
On Wednesday morning, Congressman Don Bacon's office said 74 people remained in custody. Officials said the operation based off of a federal warrant, issued by Homeland Security Investigations, looking into about 100 cases of stolen identities. On Thursday, an attorney for the Department of Justice confirmed HSI found "approximately 76 people" working illegally at an Omaha plant during an enforcement operation.
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Now, KETV has learned more about where those people are being held or have been moved to.
On Saturday, ICE said three people were in the country illegally from Mexico, and they returned voluntarily to Mexico.
According to ICE officials, three other people were in the country illegally from Guatemala and have been transferred to Alexandria, Louisiana, in preparation for their "future removal." ICE said in a release that one of the three people from Guatemala has a final order of removal issued in 2019, one has been removed from the United States on four previous occasions, and the third person has three DUIs and one illegal reentry conviction.
WATCH:
“The false narrative that these are just hardworking immigrants looking for the American dream is ludicrous,” Mark Zito, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations, Kansas City, which covers Omaha, said in a news release. “These crimes have lasting effects. There are real victims here, people who are often left to deal with financial instability, damaged credit, and years of frustration trying to restore their identities, not to mention the harm that is done to legitimate businesses who often believe they are hiring legal workers.”
ICE said more than 60 other individuals detained on Tuesday remain in local custody at the Lincoln County Jail, pending immigration proceedings.
