Tyson Foods released a statement in regard to allegations the company is trafficking migrants and employing minors.
“As we have stated previously, everyone working at our Logansport facility is legally authorized to do so and the majority of those team members are American citizens or permanent residents,” said a spokesperson from Tyson. “We are committed to operating our business legally and have policies in place to prevent the recruitment or use of any illegal labor across our supply chain. We are complying with this request and demonstrating how seriously we follow all labor laws and regulations.”
The allegations are part of an investigation led by Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita.
Rokita announced in a press release Wednesday that Logansport’s Tyson Foods was sent a civil investigative demand that seeks information related to human labor trafficking.
The press release said the CID comes in regard to “reported concerns about a largescale influx of illegal aliens and ‘legal migrants’ into local communities.” Tyson has until Dec. 4 to respond to the CID.
A CID is a type of subpoena seeking documents or information and does not necessarily mean those who receive it are under investigation. CIDs can be used to obtain information from third parties about the actual source of an investigation.
Earlier in the month, Rokita sent CIDs to the Cass County Health Department and the Logansport Community School Corporation.
LSCS requested an extension in gathering the information asked for in the CID. The original deadline of Nov. 22 has been changed to Dec. 22, Superintendent Michelle Starkey said in an email.
Starkey said a lot of the questions the CID asked pertained to information the school corporation does not document. One such question was where migrant students work when not in school and how much they are paid.
Alongside LCSC and the Cass County Health Department, CIDs were also sent to God is Good and Berry Global Group in Evansville and the Jackson County Industrial Development Corp. and Tent Partnership for Refugees in Seymour.
The attorney general’s office is conducting the investigations pursuant to its authority under Indiana’s Deceptive Consumer Sales Act and indecent nuisance statute.
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