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Austin, MN: Meatpackers changing the demographics of American towns

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There is nothing earth-shattering in this article from MPR News, but it’s just further evidence of the role the meatpacking industry is playing in changing towns in America’s heartland with its avaricious desire for cheap labor—refugee labor!  (Remember Senator Sessions called the meatpackers out here last year as a driving force behind amnesty). We have … Continue reading Austin, MN: Meatpackers changing the demographics of American towns

More on meatpackers (and their political friends) driving immigration policy

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Judy brought my attention to a good piece by Byron York this week in the Washington Examiner in which York describes a pro-immigration forum in DC, with both parties represented.  The majority of the participants were overwhelmingly in support of more cheap migrant labor. They were discussing visas for low-skilled workers, but they might as … Continue reading More on meatpackers (and their political friends) driving immigration policy

Refugee advocates! Just so you know, you are in bed with Grover Norquist and big business

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Update October 23rd:  More news on Norquist at Potomac Tea Party Report today, here. This is an article about “amnesty” but it reminds me to remind the human rights gang and you “church” people that you are working side-by-side with big business interests looking for cheap labor (it is not about having a humanitarian heart!) … Continue reading Refugee advocates! Just so you know, you are in bed with Grover Norquist and big business

Meatpackers changing small town America (and you have no say in the process)

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The importation of refugee labor is how it is being done. Here is one more story about Tyson Foods (or it could be Swift & Co, or perhaps Perdue) attracting refugee laborers to a meatpacking town—this time Columbus Junction, Iowa. Hat tip to one of our friends from Tennessee. I first really began to understand … Continue reading Meatpackers changing small town America (and you have no say in the process)

Washington lobbyist for big business: “The basic goal is to promote the free flow of labor into the USA”.

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That is a quote from Tamar Jacoby, President and CEO of  Immigration Works USA, at a meeting we reported, here, in 2009.  It was a closed-to-the-public and press conclave held at a MARRIOTT HOTEL in Washington, DC and included such luminaries as Grover Norquist.  The assembled, as reported by a NumbersUSA expose‘, were talking about … Continue reading Washington lobbyist for big business: “The basic goal is to promote the free flow of labor into the USA”.