"I'm Thinking I'm 100% Legal." Then ICE Raided His Company.

我在想我百分之百合法。”然后ICE突袭了他的公司。

The Journal.

2025-06-27

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Gary Rohwer owns Glenn Valley Foods and lends his name to the company’s signature product: Gary’s QuickSteaks. He says he built his business with the help of mostly immigrant workers, whose legal status he says his company vetted using the government’s E-Verify System. This month, his plant was raided by ICE. He speaks with Annie Minoff about what happened, his industry and what’s next for his company.  Further Listening: - Why Latino Consumers Are Spending Less  - Inside ICE’s Aggressive Approach to Arresting Migrants  - Deportations Could Upend This Parachute Factory  Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • President Trump took office promising to carry out the largest mass deportation in U.S. history.

  • And his administration has been trying to carry out that pledge,

  • partly through workplace raids in industries that rely heavily on immigrant labor.

  • One of those industries is meatpacking.

  • Gary Rohrer knows the business well.

  • Hi, Gary.

  • Hi. You can hear me okay?

  • Yes, I can hear you just fine, ma'am.

  • Gary's been in the meat industry since the 1980s.

  • He's the CEO of a Nebraska based company called Glen Valley Foods.

  • Its signature product bears his name, Gary's Quick Steaks.

  • They're small pieces of thinly sliced steak,

  • about the size of a nickel, that have been frozen together.

  • And then when you lay it on the grill, it releases in 60 seconds into a pile.

  • of thinly sliced steak for burritos, tacos,

  • salads, steak and eggs, Philly cheesesteak sandwiches.

  • Gary's Quick Steaks are produced in his meat processing plant in Omaha,

  • before being shipped out and sold across the country.

  • More than 100 employees work in the production line at his plant,

  • slicing, pressing, and freezing meat.