A man is taken into custody at a Koch Foods Inc. plant in Morton, Miss., on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. U.S. immigration officials raided several Mississippi food processing plants on Wednesday and signaled that the early-morning strikes were part of a large-scale operation targeting owners as well as employees.

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ICE detains 680 workers in Mississippi raids

It was the largest immigration raid in a decade in the United States.

A man is taken into custody at a Koch Foods Inc. plant in Morton, Miss., on Wednesday. U.S. immigration officials raided several Mississippi food processing plants and signaled that the early morning strikes were part of a large-scale operation targeting owners as well as employees. (Rogelio V. Solis / AP)

Handcuffed female workers are escorted into a bus for transportation to a processing center following a raid by U.S. immigration officials at a Koch Foods Inc. plant in Morton, Miss., on Wednesday. U.S. immigration officials raided several Mississippi food processing plants and signaled that the early morning strikes were part of a large-scale operation targeting owners as well as employees. (Rogelio V. Solis / AP)

This young woman cries while standing outside the Koch Foods Inc., plant as U.S. immigration officials raid the plant in Morton, Miss., Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. U.S. immigration officials raided several Mississippi food processing plants on Wednesday and signaled that the early-morning strikes were part of a large-scale operation targeting owners as well as employees.

A young woman cries while standing outside the Koch Foods Inc. plant as U.S. immigration officials raid the plant in Morton, Miss., on Wednesday. U.S. immigration officials raided several Mississippi food processing plants and signaled that the early morning strikes were part of a large-scale operation targeting owners as well as employees. (Rogelio V. Solis / AP)

This image released by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shows a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) officer guarding suspected illegal aliens on August 7, 2019. Officers detained approximately 680 aliens who were unlawfully working at at seven agricultural processing plants across Mississippi. - US officials said that some 680 undocumented migrants were detained in a major series of raids on August 7, at food processing plants in the southeastern state of Mississippi, part of President Donald Trump's announced crackdown on illegal immigration. "Special agents executed administrative and criminal search warrants resulting in the detention of approximately 680 illegal aliens," said Mike Hurst, US Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi.

This image released by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shows a Homeland Security Investigations officer guarding people picked up in an immigration raid Wednesday. (Handout )

Friends, coworkers and family watch as U.S. immigration officials raid the Koch Foods Inc., plant in Morton, Miss., Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. U.S. immigration officials raided several Mississippi food processing plants on Wednesday and signaled that the early-morning strikes were part of a large-scale operation targeting owners as well as employees.

Friends, co-workers and family watch as U.S. immigration officials raid the Koch Foods Inc. plant in Morton, Miss., on Wednesday. U.S. immigration officials raided several Mississippi food processing plants and signaled that the early morning strikes were part of a large-scale operation targeting owners as well as employees. (Rogelio V. Solis / AP)

Handcuffed workers await transportation to a processing center following a raid by U.S. immigration officials at Koch Foods Inc. plant in Morton, Miss. U.S. immigration officials raided several Mississippi food processing plants and signaled that the early morning strikes were part of a large-scale operation targeting owners as well as employees. (Rogelio V. Solis / AP)

Koch Foods Inc., employees leave the Morton, Miss., plant following a raid by U.S. immigration officials in Morton, Miss., Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. U.S. immigration officials raided several Mississippi food processing plants on Wednesday and signaled that the early-morning strikes were part of a large-scale operation targeting owners as well as employees.

Koch Foods Inc. employees leave the Morton, Miss., plant following a raid by U.S. immigration officials Wednesday. U.S. immigration officials raided several Mississippi food processing plants and signaled that the early morning strikes were part of a large-scale operation targeting owners as well as employees. (Rogelio V. Solis / AP)

Friends, coworkers and family talk among themselves as they watch as U.S. immigration officials raid the Koch Foods Inc., plant in Morton, Miss., Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. U.S. immigration officials raided several Mississippi food processing plants on Wednesday and signaled that the early-morning strikes were part of a large-scale operation targeting owners as well as employees.

Friends, co-workers and family talk among themselves as they watch as U.S. immigration officials raid the Koch Foods Inc. plant in Morton, Miss.. U.S. immigration officials raided several Mississippi food processing plants and signaled that the early morning strikes were part of a large-scale operation targeting owners as well as employees. (Rogelio V. Solis / AP)

A federal agent searches the trunk of an auto leaving the employee parking lot at Koch Foods Inc., in Morton, Miss., Wednesday morning, Aug. 7, 2019. U.S. immigration officials raided several Mississippi food processing plants on Wednesday and signaled that the early-morning strikes were part of a large-scale operation targeting owners as well as employees.

A federal agent searches the trunk of an auto leaving the employee parking lot at Koch Foods Inc. in Morton, Miss. U.S. immigration officials raided several Mississippi food processing plants and signaled that the early morning strikes were part of a large-scale operation targeting owners as well as employees. (Rogelio V. Solis / AP)

Friends, co-workers and family watch as U.S. immigration officials raid several Mississippi food processing plants, including this Koch Foods Inc. plant in Morton, Miss., Wednesday. The early morning raids were part of a large-scale operation targeting owners as well as employees. (Rogelio V. Solis / AP)

A federal agent searches a man as U.S. immigration officials raid the Koch Foods Inc., plant in Morton, Miss., Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. U.S. immigration officials raided several Mississippi food processing plants on Wednesday and signaled that the early-morning strikes were part of a large-scale operation targeting owners as well as employees.

A federal agent searches a man as U.S. immigration officials raid the Koch Foods Inc. plant in Morton, Miss., on Wednesday. U.S. immigration officials raided several Mississippi food processing plants and signaled that the early morning strikes were part of a large-scale operation targeting owners as well as employees. (Rogelio V. Solis / AP)

Friends, coworkers and family wave to one of several buses that are filled with detainees, following a U.S. Immigration raid at several Mississippi food processing plants, including this Koch Foods Inc., plant in Morton, Miss., Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. The early morning raids were part of a large-scale operation targeting owners as well as undocumented employees.

Friends, co-workers and family wave to one of several buses that are filled with detainees following a raid at several Mississippi food processing plants, including this Koch Foods Inc. plant in Morton, Miss., Wednesday. The early morning raids were part of a large-scale operation targeting owners as well as undocumented employees. (Rogelio V. Solis / AP)

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