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Like Hogs to Slaughter

By Kirk Ross
INDY Week | November 30, 2006
The walkout at Smithfield Packing is the latest collision between an industry built on cheap labor, a dysfunctional immigration system, and homeland security policies drafted in a reality-proof bubble.
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