Director of the Iowa Center for Immigrant Leadership and Integration
Director of the Iowa Center for Immigrant Leadership and Integration at the University of Northern Iowa
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Mark Grey
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FROM Mark Grey
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Rough Jobs, Illegal Immigration and Identity Theft Horrendous working conditions in meatpacking plants were exposed by Upton Sinclair in his novel, The Jungl e, back in 1906. One hundred years later, the plants are staffed mostly by recent immigrants, both illegal and legal. Last week, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Bureau raided Swift & Company plants in six states.
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