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Even as Trump tightens immigration, Lincoln situation shows U.S. labor shortage is becoming a crisis
- ALFREDO CORCHADO Dallas Morning News
- May 23, 2018
- May 23, 2018 Updated Sep 28, 2018
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Employees at Meadowbrook Farms process pork for packaging in Rantoul, Illinois. According to a study, by 2020, the private sector will be facing a shortage of 7.5 million workers.
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Roberto Rodriguez works at a meat-packing company in Lincoln. For years, most of his colleagues were fellow Mexicans and Central Americans. These days, the men standing by his side increasingly are Middle Easterners.
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Employees at Meadowbrook Farms process pork for packaging in Rantoul, Illinois. According to a study, by 2020, the private sector will be facing a shortage of 7.5 million workers.
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