Big Minnesota pork producer `surprised` by immigration raids
(WorldNews Business)

SLEEPY EYE, Minn. - A day after nearly 50 federal agents raided this quiet farming town`s big hog plant, residents were still taking in the surprise that a local family-run business could be linked to a major immigration bust. The arrests Wednesday of more than 130 illegal workers in two states - plus 17 people whom authorities said `colluded to create an illegal immigrant workforce` - largely focused on agribusinesses in Nebraska. But by Thursday morning, this southwestern Minnesota community of 3,500 residents was buzzing about the dozen workers arrested here at Christensen Farms, the giant hog operation on the edge of town, and at the company`s plant in Appleton, Minn. Christensen Farm`s...