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    Eric Zorn: Chicken factory employees in the US illegally work in fear. Their employers, not so much

    by Eric Zorn, Chicago Tribune Sep 05, 2019 3 minutes

    Saturday will mark a month since U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents swooped down on seven poultry processing plants in Mississippi and rounded up for deportation 680 workers believed to be in the country illegally.

    And, barring a surprise announcement from the Department of Justice between now and then, Saturday also will mark the end of a month during which no charges will have been filed against the owners and managers of the companies that operate the plants.

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