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(KSL News) Many suspected illegal immigrants arrested during a raid at a meat-processing plant in Hyrum are appearing in court today.
At least 25 people were in a Logan courtroom for the first time this morning.
They face a range of charges including forgery and identity fraud.
More than 100 people were rounded up at the Swift plant, but not all of them face criminal charges.
Federal agents working in six states arrested about 13-hundred people on Tuesday.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said identity theft was at the heart of the illegal immigration crackdown.
