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Some of the nation's largest meatpacking companies are planning to pare production or shut down entire plants Monday in part to accommodate workers' requests for time off to participate in pro-immigration reform rallies and demonstrations.
Greeley, Colo.-based Swift & Co. will shut down four of its five beef processing plants and two of its three pork processing plants, spokesman Sean McHugh said in a statement.
Tyson Foods, headquartered in Springdale, Ark., will close about a dozen beef and pork plants, the company said in a statement.
And Cargill Inc., based in Minneapolis, will shift production from Monday to Saturday at five beef plants, and shut down pork plants in Iowa and Illinois.
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I've decided to provide further commentary. But, as usual it is going to be short and sweet:
Here is a situation where you have businesses willing to shut down for their workers, who, I assume, are going to a rally to support illegal immigrants being provided the chance to become legal citizens.
I assume the people working are legal, but I know the I.R.S. and/or Social Security Administration could tell us more about that by giving aggregated information concerning Social Security numbers that don't match workers.
I don't recall businesses shutting down on the day of the Million Man March. Some people took off because they "didn't want to get caught in the traffic headaches." Nudge, nudge, wink, wink.
But companies shutting down?
These companies know the number of possible illegal immigrants they have working for them because they are notified about Social Security numbers that don't match the given names. That's why they are shutting down. They are using illegal immigrant labor.
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