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​“My hands will go numb. I get body pains. I have to take pills in order to help me deal with all this. I can’t miss work — once your points run out, they’ll fire you.”'
November 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
​“We are expected to work harder, no raises, no bonuses,” says Elena (through an interpreter), who is 62 and requested a pseudonym to protect her from retaliation in the workplace and targeting by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
November 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Some days, three or four of the people who work on her machine don’t show up.

Even with fewer people, the work has to get done.
November 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
'There are usually 10 people assigned to the machine that Elena works on as a poultry processor. Since the beginning of Operation Midway Blitz, many of her coworkers, immigrants like her, have been afraid to come to work.
November 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM