{"id":23648,"date":"2025-10-31T07:24:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T07:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/23648\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T07:24:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T07:24:07","slug":"new-jersey-homeland-security-raid-captures-46-undocumented-workers-at-avenel-warehouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/23648\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey Homeland Security raid captures 46 undocumented workers at Avenel warehouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Federal authorities said Thursday at least\u00a046 undocumented workers were arrested during a sweeping\u00a0Department of Homeland Security (DHS) operation at a freight warehouse in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o7n7WH-R8oc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Avenel,\u00a0New Jersey,\u00a0Wednesday.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement personnel carried out the inspection at a federally authorized\u00a0container freight station as part of an ongoing campaign to ensure compliance with immigration regulations.<\/p>\n<p>At the warehouse, agents discovered\u00a046 undocumented laborers, roughly 22% of the onsite workforce, officials said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All 46 suspected illegal aliens were escorted into federal custody, where they now await immigration proceedings, according to the DHS.<\/p>\n<p>Surveillance footage captured the tense moments as\u00a0federal officers\u00a0escorted groups of workers into what appeared to be numerous waiting vans while the warehouse was surrounded by a heavy law enforcement presence during the operation.<\/p>\n<p>The agency said the inspection was part of ongoing efforts to \u201csafeguard the integrity of the supply chain and verify that warehouse operators are adhering to all applicable security requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDHS is committed to maintaining the highest levels of security and accountability within bonded facilities to protect both US commerce and the public,\u201d a\u00a0DHS spokesperson\u00a0said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Federal agents detain workers before transportation outside a warehouse in New Jersey on Oct. 29, 2025. CBS New York\/YouTube<\/p>\n<p>All 46 suspected illegal aliens were escorted into federal custody, where they now await immigration proceedings, according to the DHS. CBS New York\/YouTube<\/p>\n<p>The agency said the inspection was part of ongoing efforts to \u201csafeguard the integrity of the supply chain and verify that warehouse operators are adhering to all applicable security requirements.\u201d CBS New York\/YouTube<\/p>\n<p>Officials did not name the company operating the warehouse or indicate whether the employer could face penalties.<\/p>\n<p>The raid comes nearly two months after federal agents executed a\u00a0similar operation at a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/07\/us-news\/south-korea-and-us-reach-deal-for-release-of-workers-detained-during-hyundai-plant-raid-in-georgia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hyundai-LG battery factory<\/a>\u00a0in Georgia, where 475 individuals, primarily\u00a0South Korean\u00a0nationals, were detained on suspicion of being in the country illegally, signaling what appears to be a\u00a0nationwide push on workplace immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Federal authorities said Thursday at least\u00a046 undocumented workers were arrested during a sweeping\u00a0Department of Homeland Security (DHS) operation&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23649,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3283,2300,3410,57,1066,9,11,10,10582,58],"class_list":["post-23648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-arrests","tag-department-of-homeland-security","tag-illegal-immigrants","tag-metro","tag-new-jersey","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-raids","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}