Trump suggests US will buy Argentinian beef to bring down prices for American consumers

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45. OR keep ICE away from the meat packing plants. They're really hurting production. nt

https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/immigration-toll-on-local-economies-what-the-data-says/

* In Ottumwa, Iowa, 200 workers at a meatpacking plant who had legal status under the Biden administration had to be terminated after Trump stripped their status.

* In Omaha, Nebraska, after a DHS raid in a meatpacking plant where half the employees were arrested, recruitment plummeted, and the plant had to cut back on production at a time when ground beef prices are already rising.

Critically, when hiring their employees, many of the employers in this situation had used E-Verify—an internet-based system that compares information entered by an employee on an I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification form with U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) records. These employers audited their workforce using E-Verify and believed that they were in compliance with immigration law. However, the White House recently stated that employers who rely on E-Verify and the I-9 process to check their employees for legal status are being “reckless.” This has left small businesses across the country with no clarity on the appropriate process to ensure compliance or how best to avoid being a target for DHS or ICE worksite enforcement actions.