John Ratcliffe, then U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, announcing arrests at a poultry plant in Mount Pleasant, Texas. (April 16, 2008, file photo)
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John Ratcliffe, then U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, announcing arrests at a poultry plant in Mount Pleasant, Texas. (April 16, 2008, file photo)