Federal agents found more than two dozen minors illegally working inside a poultry plant in Kidron, Ohio, earlier this month, according to local immigration advocates who spoke to NBC News on the condition of anonymity.
The children, mainly from Guatemala, according to the advocates, were working in meat processing and sanitation in a plant run by Gerber’s Poultry, which produces Amish Farm Chicken, advertised with the slogan “Better feed, better taste.”
What, if anything, are you hearing?
I haven’t heard much about this in particular yet. The factory is about 7 miles away, everyone has known for years that they had illegal immigrants working there but nothing much was done about it. The surprising part about it to me is they seem to have only found Guatemalan children working in the factory but it’s Amish owned and they frequently have their own children working with the parents doing various jobs. It makes me wonder if there actually weren’t any Amish children working there, or if they just left them be and turned a blind eye to it, and unfortunately that happens a lot because the Amish bring in a lot of money to the area from tourism.
Crazy, thanks for giving a local’s perspective. I bet that this will be gossip fodder for weeks to come.
I work in RVs, most parts work here is done by minors. They pull them out of school once they pass 8th then throw them into a factory until they’re 18, and they only get to keep a small portion of the money they even earn. It’s gross and exploitative but it’s treated like it’s “good healthy character building” for the kids.
The Amish have a very seedy underbelly that they do a very good job of hiding from the public, but trust me when I say their shit doesn’t smell any sweeter than the rest.
RVs? As in recreational vehicles?
Yes
Huh, there’s a YouTube I follow from time to time who was raised in a conservative Amish community. He definitely has a perspective but I’ve learned a lot from his videos.