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US immigration crackdown hits Kansas, disrupts beef processing
ICE sweeps kept immigrant workers away, cutting slaughter by 16% on Thursday and delaying shipments of thousands of cattle, USDA and industry groups said.
- Federal immigration agents fanned out across southwest Kansas this week, disrupting operations at beef processing plants in Dodge City and Liberal as workforce absences forced production slowdowns.
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement activities created a 'massive chilling effect' on immigrant workers essential to the cattle supply chain, threatening processing capacity as fear of arrest kept laborers away.
- US Department of Agriculture data shows meatpackers slaughtered 90,000 cattle on Thursday, down 16% from a week earlier, and 87,000 on Friday, down 14%, resulting in millions of dollars in lost revenue.
- Liberal Vice Mayor Janeth Vazquez described the city as a 'ghost town' as residents fear leaving homes, with businesses closing and school attendance dropping after agents targeted areas near plants.
- Senators Jerry Moran and Roger Marshall called on Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to coordinate with local law enforcement, as market observers warn these disruptions could push record-high beef prices even higher.
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ICE Enforcement Hampers Beef Packing in Kansas, Delaying Thousands of Cattle
Immigration and Customs Enforcement held an enforcement push this week in southwest Kansas, hitting three communities with major beef-processing facilities. The ICE enforcement action coincided with a nearly 16% drop in fed-cattle slaughter on Thursday, and a 9% decline on Wednesday, according to USDA's daily slaughter reports this week.
US immigration crackdown hits Kansas, disrupts beef processing
The prospect of arrest kept much of the largely immigrant labor force away from work, forcing beef processing plants to slow down and backing up cattle, community organizers and local officials said.
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