48 of 600

If there is one detail that struck me the most about the story on the ICE raid on a Fresh Del Monte processing plant, it is 48 out of 600:
From an AP story:

According to an affidavit filed by Maximillian Trimm, a special agent with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a check of employee records at one point showed that only 48 of nearly 600 workers at the plant had valid Social Security numbers.

The raid at American Staffing Resources Inc. offices at a Fresh Del Monte Produce fruit and vegetable processing plant was based on an investigation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Social Security Administration that began in January, officials said.
Separate American Staffing offices also were searched, along with a Fresh Del Monte office, officials said.


TK: What about the timing of the raid? Was it calculated to make a political statement, an exclamation point to restart comprehensive immigration reform talks? No, says Sharon Hughes of NCAE. She told me today that she thinks the raid was a continuation of a policy by the Department of Homeland Security to step up interior enforcement efforts."Over the past few years, we have seen doubling, tripling and quadrupling of the number of interior enforcement agents, and they are starting to use that manpower to check on operations."

For ag employers and processors with less than one in 10 workers with legal and legit documents, It may get worse before it gets better - and it may never may get better if Congress doesn't get moving.