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As part of Operation Vanguard, the INS program designed to ensure compliance with immigrant employment laws among the meat-processing industry in Nebraska and Iowa, more than 100 subpoenas have been filed, requesting that employers turn over all employment records so they may be verified against government records. According to the INS, as many as 25% of those working in the meat-processing industry may be illegal immigrants. The new program is part of an attempt to find more effective and more discrete means of enforcing employment laws than raids and arrests. If the program is successful, it may be expanded to cover the meat-processing industry nationwide. In an unusual turn of events, organizations that usually take opposing positions find themselves united in disagreement with Operation Vanguard. The meatpacking industry is unhappy about the extra burden, especially as it comes at a time when there is a massive backlog in the industry and every available worker is needed. Immigrant advocacy groups feel the program is anti-immigrant, and that a better use of resources would be to make an effort to legalize the status of those working in the industry.
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