Progressive public radio news puts this report on blast that MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT hold true.
Either way . . . Life is most likely going from bad to worse for these folks on the low-end of post-capitalism.
Check-it . . .
"Close to half the people who process meat in the U.S. were born someplace else, and immigrants do much of the work feeding and tending animals. Most of these workers are here legally, but a significant percentage aren’t, and documented immigrants often support close family members living with them illegally.
"That’s why President-elect Donald Trump’s promises of a sweeping crackdown on immigration, sealing the border, and deporting 11 million people have many people in the meat industry worried.
"Mass deportations would trigger a cascade of hardships across the chronically short-staffed meat industry . . . Processing plants would slow down, causing meat shortages that economists worry would drive consumer prices to record highs. Farmers would find themselves with more livestock than they could sell or care for, and the value of their animals would plummet."
Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .
Mass deportations could cripple Kansas' meat economy: 'It would be a ghost town'
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