Immigration Enforcement Shockwave Stalls Kansas Meatpacking Plants, Causing Severe Drop in U.S. Cattle Slaughter and Spurring Supply Chain Crisis
KANSAS — A sudden and intense wave of federal immigration enforcement activity has severely disrupted operations across the heart of America’s beef industry, triggering a sharp decline in U.S. cattle slaughter and stranding hundreds of thousands of animals in feedlots. The sweeping fallout has exposed deep vulnerabilities in the nation’s food supply chain, pitting the…
