Multinational food conglomerate Tyson Foods is facing backlash after it announced it wanted to hire 42,000 undocumented immigrants after laying off 1,200 American workers.
announced by a major food company. close Closing its Iowa pork plant will result in the elimination of 1,200 jobs, but despite the plant’s announcement, the company will employ thousands of undocumented immigrants at its Tennessee plant. It also reported on efforts in Manhattan, Fox Business Network reported.
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Tyson proudly announced that he is joining the Tent Partnership for Refugees, an organization that aims to empower undocumented immigrants in the United States.
According to FOX News, Tyson hired The organization’s first event with the group mobilized 87 undocumented immigrants, and it said it hopes to eventually employ up to 42,000 immigrants.
“We would like to hire 42,000 more people if we can find them,” the company said, along with an organization founded by Chobani Yogurt CEO Hamdi Ulukaya.
But the announcement prompted Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) to attack Tyson for hiring illegal aliens while firing Americans.
“We’re going to look at whether we can change that, assuming Tyson is operating legally,” Vance said. jesse watters prime time. “All we know is that they are firing American workers and replacing them with illegal aliens. This is what illegal immigration is all about — and Republicans, we… We must hammer this point home.”
Meanwhile, the company has faced significant backlash on social media, with thousands of Americans appealing to their friends to support a boycott of the company.
#boycotttyson Let’s make it a trend! pic.twitter.com/S10m4TXOKE
— Bonnie S 🇺🇸❤️🐶 (@BonnieS21912114) March 17, 2024
Tyson will close its facility in Perry, Iowa and lay off 1,200 employees.
Instead, it plans to hire thousands of new illegal aliens in states like New York.#boycotttyson. pass it on. pic.twitter.com/CTweuRbAMU
— End Wakeness (@EndWokeness) March 15, 2024
Tyson sells out Americans and employs illegal immigrants.
Days after the food company closed its 1,200-person pork facility in Iowa, Tyson is now partnering with a nonprofit refugee organization to employ thousands of undocumented immigrants.
This is clearly America’s last.#boycotttyson pic.twitter.com/fFLm9FJZXn
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) March 15, 2024
Tyson Foods is the worst!💪🏼😃
Do they want illegal aliens instead of citizens?
Well, that’s what they get:They don’t want America 🇺🇸 anymore,
So we certainly don’t want anything like that in AF!
Goodbye👋🏼#boycotttyson #AmericaFirst pic.twitter.com/sccauomhoC— NY Night Owl (@SoarForFreedom) March 15, 2024
The Great Replacement is not a conspiracy theory. #DEI #BoycottTysonFoods #boycotttyson #Freya pic.twitter.com/k6L4XQO9OB
— Freyja™ (@FreyjaTarte) March 15, 2024
#boycotttyson It’s time for a Bud Light treatment. pic.twitter.com/2PtjLRxbX4
— 🇺🇸Despised Truck Driver (@Dis respectedThe) March 16, 2024
After the backlash began, Tyson went into damage control mode and pushed out a statement against illegal immigration.
“There has been a lot of misinformation in the media about our company over the past few days, and I feel it is necessary to set the record straight,” Tyson said in a statement. “Tyson Foods strongly opposes illegal immigration and is an active participant in two major government programs that assist employers in combating illegal employment: E-Verify and the Reciprocal Government-Employer Agreement (IMAGE) program. Did.”
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