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PORTLAND, Ore. — Federal agents raided the offices of a food-processing plant suspected of employing hundreds of undocumented workers who used Social Security numbers that belonged to other people or were made up.

More than 165 workers were detained to be processed for possible deportation, officials said on June 13, and three people were indicted on immigration, illegal documents and identity theft charges.

The raid at American Staffing Resources Inc. offices at a Fresh Del Monte Produce fruit and vegetable processing plant on June 13 was based on an investigation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Social Security Administration that began in January, officials said.

According to an affidavit filed by Maximillian Trimm, a special agent with ICE, a check of employee records at one point showed that only 48 of nearly 600 workers at the plant had valid Social Security numbers.