Thursday, July 31, 2025

Hundreds of meatpacking workers with work permits lose their jobs following Trump immigration crackdown

"They're not being treated fairly. They did everything right. They did what they were told do. They followed the procedure," Ulin said. "But because of some political B.S. ... they're caught in the middle." 

He also pointed out that these are the same meatpacking workers the first Trump administration deemed essential workers during the Covid pandemic. 

 "Everybody working on that plant, some of these people were among them, showed up for work willingly and proudly, to put food on the table during a crisis time," Ulin said. "Five short years later, because of some political immigration issue — you're not good enough to work here anymore. I just have an issue with that."…

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/iowa-jbs-plant-lose-work-permits-tps-trump-rcna221672


 

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