ICE arrests 17 Melhorn poultry workers in string of traffic stops
Aug 21, 2026·Location: Mount Joy, PA

Federal immigration authorities arrested 17 employees of Melhorn Sales Service and Trucking in and around Mount Joy Borough, Pennsylvania, in a series of early-morning traffic stops between August and September 2026. ICE agents stopped company vehicles on West Main Street on Aug. 21 and Sept. 17, arresting four workers each time, and stopped a van near a Sheetz on Route 230 in Rapho Township on Aug. 31, arresting nine additional workers. Mount Joy Borough police Chief Robert Goshen said the stops were 'targeted enforcements' carried out with warrants, and that ICE agents knew the identities of those they were arresting in advance; some employees who showed proof of legal status were not detained. The four individuals arrested Aug. 21 were identified as Guatemalan nationals.
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