Simone Foxman

A few months after we went to Tennessee to speak with Kamikaro, the man from Venezuela who is working at the Tyson plant, we decided to check back in with him. Good afternoon. How are you? Kamakaro says things at the plant got kind of chaotic for him. For a while there, his friends had been telling him, we're worried about what will happen when President Trump takes office.

A few months after we went to Tennessee to speak with Kamikaro, the man from Venezuela who is working at the Tyson plant, we decided to check back in with him. Good afternoon. How are you? Kamakaro says things at the plant got kind of chaotic for him. For a while there, his friends had been telling him, we're worried about what will happen when President Trump takes office.

He says they didn't give me an explanation. They said, we'll call you, you can apply again in six months. They just told me what they told me.

He says they didn't give me an explanation. They said, we'll call you, you can apply again in six months. They just told me what they told me.

He says they didn't give me an explanation. They said, we'll call you, you can apply again in six months. They just told me what they told me.

Yeah, Tyson is one of the largest meatpacking companies in the country. They have over 220 facilities. And they are constantly opening and closing plants. Over the last decade, Tyson opened or expanded 17 facilities. A bacon plant, a distribution center, an incubation center. But they also closed 18 of their large facilities.

Yeah, Tyson is one of the largest meatpacking companies in the country. They have over 220 facilities. And they are constantly opening and closing plants. Over the last decade, Tyson opened or expanded 17 facilities. A bacon plant, a distribution center, an incubation center. But they also closed 18 of their large facilities.

Yeah, Tyson is one of the largest meatpacking companies in the country. They have over 220 facilities. And they are constantly opening and closing plants. Over the last decade, Tyson opened or expanded 17 facilities. A bacon plant, a distribution center, an incubation center. But they also closed 18 of their large facilities.

Thanks to Just Capital for their help with research, and to Alice Stryver, Ricardo Pitts-Wiley, Stacey Preston, Rachel Wacker, and all of the people we spoke with while we were in Tennessee. I'm Carlos Garcia.

Thanks to Just Capital for their help with research, and to Alice Stryver, Ricardo Pitts-Wiley, Stacey Preston, Rachel Wacker, and all of the people we spoke with while we were in Tennessee. I'm Carlos Garcia.

Thanks to Just Capital for their help with research, and to Alice Stryver, Ricardo Pitts-Wiley, Stacey Preston, Rachel Wacker, and all of the people we spoke with while we were in Tennessee. I'm Carlos Garcia.