Aliens Deported To Mexico

Seventeen illegal aliens were deported to Mexico after being discovered working in a southern Idaho food processing plant.

The Immigration and Naturalization Service refused to identify the plant or its location. But Jim Bennett, the agency’s assistant director of investigations in Helena, Mont., said the company cooperated and was not cited for any violations of federal law.

The illegal workers were discovered Monday during a routine inspection of the plant’s work authorization records for the past six months. Bennett said the company was unaware the aliens used counterfeit documents to get jobs.