As ICE threatens, meatpacker struggles to find workers
In December 2006, Immigration and Customs Enforcement carried out the largest workplace raid in history. They arrested over 1,300 workers in six states, including 300 from Cactus, Texas, a small town with just over 3,000 residents. The Cactus workers were picked up from a meatpacking plant, owned by Swift & Co. before it was acquired… » Read More
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