Anti-Immigrant Legislation Hits Alabama Factories

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http://www.truth-out.org/anti-immigrant-legislation-hits-alabama-factories/1318093860


Adela, an undocumented worker hurries back to the chicken processing factory Ala Trade because the lack of workers leaves no time for a break. "Today we were missing six lines," said Adela, each line represents about 13 to 16 people.

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In half a dozen chicken processing plants such as this one, which is an important source of employment in the town of 21,000 inhabitants, the absence of immigrants has become visible. "I want to go to Texas for my children. I'm leaving from here. I don’t want immigration (ICE) take me," said Adela, 40, who has spent nearly half of her life living in Alabama.

For some immigrants like Adela, it is not the fear of being discovered at work that concerns them, but that the police could detain them in the street and their children would be in the government’s custody, should they be deported.

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"Alabama thinks it's its own country and the governor says he wants to clean the state," said Heraldo Lopez, another undocumented worker. "But it will be the poorest state in the country."
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poor and white - how heavenly

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1. recommend

[LonePirate]

2. I wonder if this factory pays at least minimum wage in addition to income, SS and Medicare taxes

My first guess is no and there is not a red state legislature around that is going after such criminality.