Iowa joins in denying driving right to immigrants in federal program

[Comrade Grumpy]

7. They broke the unions 30 or 40 years ago.

I was once a member of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers of America, working at IBP's Dakota City, Nebraska, plant. That used to be good money. Seems like wages dropped by about half after the unions were gone.

And by the way, there were Mexican workers at IBP way back in the day, too. That's where I first developed my interest in Spanish and things Latin American. While the local guys were bitching and moaning, those Mexican dudes were grinning, sharpening their knives (literally), and talking about facil dinero (easy money).