ICE Enforcement Hits Kansas Meatpacking Operations, Ranchers Say
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US immigration enforcement actions in Kansas are disrupting cattle processing and supply chain operations.
The Economic TimesThe brief
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- Increased immigration enforcement activity is disrupting cattle processing plants across Kansas.
- Industry groups report that these operations are affecting the availability of labor and slowing down the movement of cattle through the supply chain.
- Daily cattle slaughter figures have dropped as a result of rising employee absences.
- The disruptions further strain an industry already facing tight beef supplies and record consumer prices.
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- The Economic Times[1]US immigration crackdown hits Kansas beef industry
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Markwayne Mullin
US Homeland Security
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“ICE law enforcement has conducted operations targeting heinous criminals including murderers, rapists, and drug traffickers and illegal aliens with final orders of removal,”
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…arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Kansas. He referred to each as a "criminal illegal alien," though Reuters was not immediately able to determine their immigration status or criminal records. " ICE law enforcement has conducted operations targeting heinous criminals including murderers, rapists, and drug traffickers and illegal aliens with final orders of removal, " Mullin said. ICE was not conducting worksite operations in Kansas, he added. ICE officers stopped motorists this week to ask about their citizenship status around Dodge City, Liberal and Garden City, Kansas, small…
Kansas Livestock Association
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“These ICE operations are having a massive chilling effect on the legal, documented, skilled workers that put beef on the table and keep the cattle supply chain moving”
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…according to a joint statement from rancher industry groups. Disruptions have also been reported at “numerous supply chain chokepoints” from beef processors to feed and grain companies, according to the statement. “ These ICE operations are having a massive chilling effect on the legal, documented, skilled workers that put beef on the table and keep the cattle supply chain moving ,” the Kansas Livestock Association, Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association and Texas Cattle Feeders Association said. The disruptions come at a time when the US is already struggling with tight beef supplies due to a small…
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NamedUnited States · Cargill · MBRF Global Foods Co. · National Beef · National Beef Packing Company · Tyson Foods · Alejandro Rangel-Lopez · American Immigration Council · Department of Homeland Security · Donald Trump · Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Janeth Vazquez · Kansas Livestock Association
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