eats illegal labor which is who does it now.
I do not know a single poultry farmer who does not pick up their own dead chickens or the Amish family running the farm does that task. In fact, I don't know many farmers who are not either white, Cherokee, or Hmong. I don't know a single Hispanic poultry farmer, nor do I know a farm who isn't run by either a white farmer or they have hired an Amish or Mennonite family to run the farm. There are a few unique farms where Amish own the barns and raise organic birds and eschew the use of automatic feeders, lights, or even fans, relying upon free range to avoid the barns being too hot. They clean the barns by hand and otherwise use little or no electricity. Egg operations they pick up eggs by hand.
And the only farmers who hire are larger family operations with multiple farms. The largest around here is a father & sons' operation. The father is a retired company president, whose 3 boys and one son-in-law operate some 80 poultry barns which they operate with mostly Amish residents on the individual farms which vary from 4 to 12 barns apiece. Grandchildren run a couple of the farms. Some Hispanics work hauling feed or catching chickens and they fill the processing plants. But they are not on the farms. They are not working in the barns, except some work on crews building chicken houses and installing equipment.
There are very few illegals around here compared to the legal ones, but those here generally work under a legal family member who operates a service like chicken catching, janitorial service or lawn services or they work cash as framers, roofers, and other similar jobs.
Illegals from Mexico might speak some English but most south of Mexico do not speak English making it very difficult to communicate. Also, one country with high illegals we don't talk about is India. And I've yet to see one working on a farm although some have farm backgrounds. I was talking to 2 profs from my alma mater and they were talking about the number of letters they get from Indian students wanting to go to grad school or seek a PhD here. But they apply, get the referral from the professor, and then get a student visa but never show up to the school. They go straight to Silicon Valley or other tech center for work. Illegal? You bet it is but once here they avoid ICE while trying to get a work visa. The two professors said they reject them 100% of the time because they got fooled by what they thought were legitimate students.
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