Summary
The 2019 ICE raids on Mississippi poultry plants, which detained 680 workers, have left the immigrant community in Morton scarred and fearful of renewed workplace raids under Trump, who plans mass deportations.
Residents recall the trauma, with children left stranded and families torn apart. Local businesses, reliant on immigrant workers, suffered economically, while poultry plants quickly resumed operations.
Activists and nonprofits are preparing families for potential detentions, emphasizing the economic and social impacts of such raids.
Many undocumented workers fear another round of disruptions and family separations.
I work in the heart of agriculture in Central California. We only hire immigrants that have working visas or green cards… and there’s tons of them. My point is, this whole “no one will do the work and all the vegetables and fruits will just sit there and rot away!” is a bunch of bullshit. Illegal immigrants make up a very small portion of the overall working force out here. If anything, many companies (farms, packing sheds, distribution plants) won’t hire any undocumented workers because they typically disappear after getting paid.
I’ve worked all over the rust belt / bible belt in a little over a dozen states doing large construction projects. At least for my industry, the vast majority of the laborers are illegals. They don’t disappear after getting paid. I’ve worked with some regularly for over 5 years.
From what I’ve heard from people in California, your experience is not typical
So, if those illegals are removed (because you know, they’re here illegally) are you saying that those construction projects won’t get done? All construction will seize to exist? Nothing will get built? I mean, this is they way the left makes it sound… as if, we DON’T support illegal immigration, our country is doomed… and it’s ridiculous.