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Even before the inauguration, the agriculture, meatpacking, and construction industries had voiced their concerns in opposition to the scheme—unsurprising in view of their heavy dependence on immigrant labor.
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Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Since meatpacking is highly labor-intensive, such disruptions would likely result in a slowdown in plant efficiency.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Their public posture is to try to convince Trump of the importance of Mexican workers to key U.S. industries, including agriculture, meatpacking and the hospitality sector.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
For African Americans, this process began in the 1970s, decades after the Great Migration, when blacks moved to such cities as Chicago, Detroit, and New York, where many of them found employment in the meatpacking, steel, or auto industry.
—Francis Fukuyama, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2018
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Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Since meatpacking is highly labor-intensive, such disruptions would likely result in a slowdown in plant efficiency.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Their public posture is to try to convince Trump of the importance of Mexican workers to key U.S. industries, including agriculture, meatpacking and the hospitality sector.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
For African Americans, this process began in the 1970s, decades after the Great Migration, when blacks moved to such cities as Chicago, Detroit, and New York, where many of them found employment in the meatpacking, steel, or auto industry.
—Francis Fukuyama, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2018
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“Meatpacking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meatpacking. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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