Dozens of individuals were removed from a meat packaging facility in Nebraska on Tuesday after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raided the factory. 

Workers at Glenn Valley Foods in Omaha were pulled off the floor as federal officials said they needed to screen 97 people. Ultimately, 70 were removed and taken into custody.  

The video above shows footage of the removals.

“Many of them scattered when officials arrive with a warrant—Some were in the rafters, one man was hiding in the wall and pulled a box cutter on an agent. He will be charged with assault on a federal officer,” NewsNation’s Ali Bradley wrote in a Tuesday post on X accompanied by the video.

Company executives said they were stunned by the ICE raid, especially after vetting their candidates through the E-Verify system managed by the Department of Homeland Security. 

However, ICE officials later told the company owners the federally run E-Verify system was broken and that some people may have used false IDs to pass workforce screening requirements.

“I mean, what am I supposed to do with that?” Hartmann said. “This is your system, run by the government. And you’re raiding me because your system is broken?” Chad Hartmann, president of Glenn Valley Foods, told the Associated Press. 

Hartmann and Gary Rohwer, CEO and owner of the company, said officials didn’t provide them with any notice before the raid. 

“I was dumbfounded, these are good, good people they really truly are and they’re part of our family,” Rohwer told NewsNation. 

He now remains worried about how he will quickly rehire a staff to suit the company demands. ICE officials have said they would help guide him on best hiring practices.