Immigrants drive Nebraska's economy. Trump's mass deportations pledge is a threat

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42. Yes for a long time now the bulk of American agriculture has

had a critical reliance on immigrant labor. It also goes into other industries as well. I was just at a big mega distribution center where the majority of truck loads are all mixed product and have to be hand unloaded and reloads are done much the same way in order to maximize the space available. The bulk of the orders are picked during the day and staged and ready for the workers to load by hand. Then 2nd shift comes in and loads. About 40 people or so. Each one looked Hispanic. God Bless those people working so hard doing this hard work. People who load and unload by hand are called "lumpers" in the trucking industry. The big grocery distribution centers use them as well as many of the big box retailers.

The next time anybody enjoys some sauerkraut (I don't want to know anybody who doesn't) we can thank immigrant labor. I see them in the cabbage fields doing all of that backbreaking work by hand. Pesticide exposure and all. I see them young and old out there working hard. They get paid way less than they should get and these big "raids" they have planned are a human disgrace.