An Omaha food plant owner says he followed the rules for hiring immigrants. It was raided anyway.
June 11, 2025
The owner of an Omaha food packaging company says his business has been unfairly hamstrung by Tuesday’s raid carried out by federal immigration officials. More than half Glenn Valley Foods’ workforce was arrested in the raid. That is despite the company following the government’s own system for verifying that workers are in the country legally. Owner Gary Rohwer says the plant is now is operating at about 30% of capacity as it scrambles to hire more workers. Rohwer says he’s “very upset” by the raid, adding that “we did everything we could possibly do” to ensure employees were legally allowed to work.