{"id":32521,"date":"2025-08-13T16:59:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T21:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/?p=32521"},"modified":"2025-08-13T17:00:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T22:00:02","slug":"beyond-ottumwa-thousands-of-iowa-us-meatpacking-jobs-at-risk-in-migrant-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/beyond-ottumwa-thousands-of-iowa-us-meatpacking-jobs-at-risk-in-migrant-crackdown\/","title":{"rendered":"M\u00e1s all\u00e1 de Ottumwa: Miles de empleos en plantas procesadoras de carne en Iowa, EE.UU., en riesgo por medidas migratorias"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"holaa-1646836670\" class=\"holaa-before-content holaa-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesperformingarts.org\/whats-on\/series\/summerarts\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"HI-SummerSeries-728&#215;90-SP\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-728x90-SP.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-728x90-SP.jpg 728w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-728x90-SP-300x37.jpg 300w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-728x90-SP-696x86.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/><p class=\"gnt_ar_hl\">Por\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_by_a gnt_ar_by_a__fi\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/staff\/2647975001\/donnelle-eller\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-t-l=\":byline with photo|o|c|text\">Donnelle Eller<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/money\/agriculture\/2025\/08\/11\/trump-crackdown-on-immigrants-could-cost-meatpackers-20-of-workers-ice\/85441314007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Des Moines Register<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"gnt_ar_b\">\n<ul class=\"gnt_sh\">\n<li class=\"gnt_sh_li\">Miles de empleados de plantas c\u00e1rnicas podr\u00edan perder sus trabajos por las restricciones de la administraci\u00f3n Trump a los programas de visas para inmigrantes<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_sh_li\">El Meat Institute afirm\u00f3 que &#8220;ese segmento de la fuerza laboral ha sido retirado del sistema&#8221; al pregunt\u00e1rsele sobre el impacto en la producci\u00f3n<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_sh_li\">Dirigentes sindicales en Iowa recordaron que muchos de estos trabajadores fueron declarados esenciales durante el primer mandato de Trump<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">El despido de 200 trabajadores en Ottumwa por parte de la multinacional JBS en julio, tras la revocaci\u00f3n de sus visas laborales por el gobierno de Trump, podr\u00eda ser solo el inicio de una oleada de despidos. Expertos advierten que miles m\u00e1s en Iowa y el pa\u00eds entero podr\u00edan verse afectados por el endurecimiento de las pol\u00edticas migratorias.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Hasta el momento, las redadas masivas de inmigrantes indocumentados en plantas procesadoras, como la ejecutada por ICE en\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/2025\/06\/11\/ice-raid-omaha-glenn-valley-foods-meat-packing-plant\/84151152007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\">Omaha en junio<\/a>, han sido incidentes aislados.<\/p><div id=\"holaa-2218868193\" class=\"holaa-ad-inside-articles-2 holaa-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.milb.com\/iowa\/tickets\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Hola Iowa 5&#215;5 copy (1)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Hola-Iowa-5x5-copy-1-e1776430527225.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"300\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Sin embargo, el Meat Institute, principal grupo de presi\u00f3n de la industria, calcula que el 20% de los trabajadores del sector a nivel nacional (unos 102,000 de\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meatinstitute.org\/Labor_Human_Rights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\">510,000 empleados<\/a>) han perdido o perder\u00e1n sus empleos mientras el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional del presidente Donald Trump avanza en la cancelaci\u00f3n de programas como el permiso humanitario bajo\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/money\/agriculture\/2025\/07\/28\/ottumwa-iowa-jbs-tells-workers-visas-are-revoked\/85406884007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\">el cual trabajaban los empleados de Ottumwa<\/a>. Esta iniciativa, creada en 2023 durante el gobierno de Biden, permit\u00eda a inmigrantes de Cuba, Hait\u00ed, Nicaragua y Venezuela obtener visas laborales.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">En Iowa, uno de los principales productores c\u00e1rnicos de EE.UU., la cancelaci\u00f3n del programa podr\u00eda resultar en el despido de hasta 7,000 de los aproximadamente 35,000 trabajadores que anualmente procesan millones de cabezas de ganado, cerdos, pavos y otros animales.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Dermot Hayes, economista agr\u00edcola de la Universidad Estatal de Iowa, explic\u00f3 que la reducci\u00f3n de mano de obra inmigrante podr\u00eda encarecer los precios de la carne para los consumidores y disminuir los ingresos de los productores pecuarios.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;Perder 200 trabajadores en una l\u00ednea de producci\u00f3n necesariamente afecta la productividad. Son empleados altamente capacitados&#8221;, se\u00f1al\u00f3 Hayes, a\u00f1adiendo que &#8220;las plantas no pueden simplemente reclutar m\u00e1s personal en establecimientos como McDonald&#8217;s&#8221;.<\/p><div id=\"holaa-90343091\" class=\"holaa-ad-inside-articles holaa-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/forms\/sign-up-for-progress-iowas-high-five\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" aria-label=\"H5 Spanish 300 x 250 Progress Iowa\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/H5-Spanish-300-x-250-Progress-Iowa.png\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Las empresas c\u00e1rnicas han minimizado los efectos. JBS declar\u00f3 que est\u00e1 reemplazando a los trabajadores y que no ha mermado su capacidad productiva. El Meat Institute, consultado sobre el impacto en la producci\u00f3n, respondi\u00f3 que &#8220;ese segmento de la fuerza laboral ha sido retirado del sistema&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Smithfield Foods, otra procesadora importante con plantas en Denison, Mason City y Carroll, reconoci\u00f3 que tambi\u00e9n est\u00e1 despidiendo trabajadores inmigrantes que perdieron su estatus legal, aunque describi\u00f3 el n\u00famero como &#8220;relativamente bajo&#8221;. Ray Atkinson, vocero de Smithfield, indic\u00f3 por correo electr\u00f3nico que no anticipan &#8220;afectaciones a nuestras operaciones&#8221;.<\/p><div id=\"holaa-1228792071\" class=\"holaa-content holaa-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ascentra.org\/learn\/events\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"MM26-HolaAmericaDigital-ES-728&#215;90\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MM26-HolaAmericaDigital-ES-728x90-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MM26-HolaAmericaDigital-ES-728x90-1.jpg 1456w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MM26-HolaAmericaDigital-ES-728x90-1-300x37.jpg 300w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MM26-HolaAmericaDigital-ES-728x90-1-1024x127.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MM26-HolaAmericaDigital-ES-728x90-1-768x95.jpg 768w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MM26-HolaAmericaDigital-ES-728x90-1-696x86.jpg 696w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MM26-HolaAmericaDigital-ES-728x90-1-1068x132.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1456px) 100vw, 1456px\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Tyson Foods y Cargill Inc., con importantes operaciones en Iowa, no respondieron de inmediato a las solicitudes de comentario. Seaboard Triumph Foods, otra procesadora relevante, declin\u00f3 hacer declaraciones.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\">\n<p><figure style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/06\/12\/USAT\/84175362007-20250611-t-202349-z-1557106261-rc-2-c-0-facyssy-rtrmadp-3-usamigrationraidnebraska.JPG?width=660&amp;height=441&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Una mujer es detenida durante un operativo de Inmigraci\u00f3n y Control de Aduanas en una planta procesadora de carne en Omaha.\" width=\"660\" height=\"441\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Una mujer es detenida durante un operativo de Inmigraci\u00f3n y Control de Aduanas en una planta procesadora de carne en Omaha. U.S. Immigration And Customs Enforcement Via Reuters.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">El gobierno federal inici\u00f3 la cancelaci\u00f3n de programas migratorios en marzo, pero debido a impugnaciones legales, muchos trabajadores solo recibieron notificaci\u00f3n en junio. El Meat Institute se\u00f1al\u00f3 que numerosas empresas comenzaron a notificar y reemplazar personal anticipadamente, sin esperar la resoluci\u00f3n de los litigios.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">La administraci\u00f3n Trump ha responsabilizado al ex presidente Joe Biden por lo que califica como un programa de permisos &#8220;desastroso&#8221;, argumentando que los beneficiarios fueron &#8220;insuficientemente evaluados&#8221; y que algunos han generado desorden y cometido delitos.<\/p><div id=\"holaa-1221384248\" class=\"holaa-after-content holaa-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.auditor.iowa.gov\/about-us\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" aria-label=\"Davenport MBS26007_Spanish Fund for States Ads 300x250_F\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Davenport-MBS26007_Spanish-Fund-for-States-Ads-300x250_F.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Davenport-MBS26007_Spanish-Fund-for-States-Ads-300x250_F.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Davenport-MBS26007_Spanish-Fund-for-States-Ads-300x250_F-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Davenport-MBS26007_Spanish-Fund-for-States-Ads-300x250_F-1024x854.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Davenport-MBS26007_Spanish-Fund-for-States-Ads-300x250_F-768x640.jpg 768w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Davenport-MBS26007_Spanish-Fund-for-States-Ads-300x250_F-696x580.jpg 696w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Davenport-MBS26007_Spanish-Fund-for-States-Ads-300x250_F-1068x890.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1250px) 100vw, 1250px\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Organizaciones sindicales y de defensa de migrantes destacan que estos trabajadores son personas laboriosas que sustentan a sus familias y contribuyen al desarrollo econ\u00f3mico de sus comunidades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Adem\u00e1s del permiso humanitario, expertos legales explican que muchos inmigrantes en plantas procesadoras, construcci\u00f3n y otros sectores laboran en EE.UU. mediante programas como el Estatus de Protecci\u00f3n Temporal, que la secretaria de Seguridad Nacional, Kristi Noem, pretende cancelar. Algunos llevan d\u00e9cadas viviendo y trabajando en el pa\u00eds.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\">\n<p><figure style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/06\/13\/SHSS\/84193508007-2219170904.jpg?width=660&amp;height=440&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"La secretaria de Seguridad Nacional de EE.UU., Kristi Noem, durante una rueda de prensa.\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">La secretaria de Seguridad Nacional de EE.UU., Kristi Noem, durante una rueda de prensa. PATRICK T. FALLON, AFP Via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;Personas que ten\u00edan estatus migratorio regular ahora son convertidas en indocumentadas y potencialmente sujetas a deportaci\u00f3n por parte de ICE&#8221;, afirm\u00f3 Elena Casillas-Hoffman, portavoz del Movimiento de Justicia para Migrantes de Iowa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">L\u00edderes sindicales en Iowa recordaron que muchos de estos trabajadores fueron declarados esenciales durante el primer mandato de Trump, cuando este invoc\u00f3 poderes excepcionales para mantener operativas las plantas procesadoras durante los primeros meses de la pandemia de COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;La mayor\u00eda acudi\u00f3 con orgullo y voluntad para garantizar el suministro alimentario. Estuvieron en la primera l\u00ednea durante tiempos inciertos&#8221;, expres\u00f3 Brian Ulin, vicepresidente del sindicato United Food &amp; Commercial Workers Local 230, que representa a empleados de JBS en Ottumwa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;Eran considerados h\u00e9roes&#8221;, agreg\u00f3 Mike Sunken, representante negociador de UFCW en Fort Dodge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;Ahora Trump quiere prescindir de ellos. Esa es la parte que no logro comprender&#8221;, manifest\u00f3 Sunken.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_h2\">&#8216;No es solo un asunto productivo. Es un problema comunitario&#8217;<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\">\n<p><figure style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/08\/07\/PDEM\/85552204007-ottumwa-jbs.png?width=660&amp;height=279&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Las instalaciones de JBS en Ottumwa.\" width=\"660\" height=\"279\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Las instalaciones de JBS en Ottumwa. Imagen proporcionada por Google Earth<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Ottumwa enfrenta las consecuencias de la p\u00e9rdida de trabajadores y las posibles deportaciones, seg\u00fan Paulina Ocegueda de la Liga de Ciudadanos Latinoamericanos Unidos. Muchas familias de trabajadores se encuentran evaluando sus opciones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;Es importante recordar que estas personas ingresaron a EE.UU. por los cauces legales&#8221;, afirm\u00f3 Ocegueda. &#8220;Son trabajadores que mantienen a sus familias, pagan impuestos y contribuyen positivamente a la sociedad&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional ofrece $1,000 a quienes acepten deportarse voluntariamente. No obstante, Ocegueda advierte que muchos retornar\u00edan a situaciones de violencia, pobreza e inestabilidad pol\u00edtica que originalmente los obligaron a emigrar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Sonia Parras, abogada de inmigraci\u00f3n en Des Moines, explic\u00f3 que muchos trabajadores pierden su empleo abruptamente, sin recursos para cubrir necesidades b\u00e1sicas como vivienda o alimentaci\u00f3n, y mucho menos para costear pasajes a\u00e9reos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Numerosos enfrentan deportaci\u00f3n inminente, con el riesgo de separarse de c\u00f3nyuges e hijos ciudadanos estadounidenses. &#8220;Esta situaci\u00f3n es inhumana&#8221;, declar\u00f3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Trump ha defendido estas medidas, afirmando que su gobierno se enfoca en &#8220;lo peor de lo peor&#8221;: pandilleros, violadores, traficantes de personas y otros criminales. Una portavoz de Seguridad Nacional declar\u00f3 el\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2025\/08\/01\/worst-worst-ice-arrests-child-predators-sex-offenders-and-human-smugglers-latest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\">1 de agosto<\/a>\u00a0que ICE est\u00e1 &#8220;haciendo de EE.UU. un lugar m\u00e1s seguro&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Sin embargo, seg\u00fan datos de ICE hasta julio, el 71% de los arrestados solo enfrentaban cargos, sin condenas firmes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">El sector agr\u00edcola manifiesta preocupaci\u00f3n por el impacto en sus operaciones. Del total de\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ers.usda.gov\/data-products\/chart-gallery\/chart-detail?chartId=58282#:~:text=In%202022%2C%2022.1%20million%20full,1.2%20percent%20of%20U.S.%20employment.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\">2.6 millones<\/a>\u00a0de trabajadores agr\u00edcolas, aproximadamente 42% carece de estatus legal, de acuerdo con estimaciones del\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ers.usda.gov\/topics\/farm-economy\/farm-labor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\">Departamento de Agricultura<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">La administraci\u00f3n ha emitido mensajes contradictorios. Durante una visita a Iowa el 3 de julio, Trump sugiri\u00f3 que &#8220;los agricultores tendr\u00edan la \u00faltima palabra&#8221; respecto a trabajadores indocumentados: &#8220;Si un productor respalda a estos trabajadores, Kristi, creo que deber\u00edamos aceptarlo&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;Queremos que el sector agropecuario contin\u00fae prosperando como lo hace actualmente&#8221;, agreg\u00f3 el presidente.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\">\n<p><figure style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/03\/31\/PDEM\/82746762007-usda-secretary-visits-iowa-cs-023.jpg?width=660&amp;height=441&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"La secretaria de Agricultura de EE.UU., Brooke Rollins, durante una visita a granjas en Waukee, Iowa.\" width=\"660\" height=\"441\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">La secretaria de Agricultura de EE.UU., Brooke Rollins, durante una visita a granjas en Waukee, Iowa.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Sin embargo, el 8 de julio, la secretaria de Agricultura\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2025\/07\/09\/trump-usda-secretary-brooke-rollins-amnesty-mass-deporations-medicaid\/84517221007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\">Brooke Rollins descart\u00f3 cualquier &#8220;amnist\u00eda&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0para trabajadores agr\u00edcolas migrantes. &#8220;Las deportaciones masivas contin\u00faan, aunque de manera estrat\u00e9gica&#8221;, afirm\u00f3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">El senador Chuck Grassley (republicano por Iowa) declar\u00f3 el 30 de julio que los programas cancelados fueron dise\u00f1ados como medidas temporales.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;Reconozco el impacto en las comunidades locales y la econom\u00eda agr\u00edcola&#8221;, expres\u00f3 Grassley, a\u00f1adiendo que Trump &#8220;prioriza el \u00e9xito de los agricultores y el Congreso colabora con la administraci\u00f3n para brindar certidumbre&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_h2\">Dirigentes sindicales: Las procesadoras podr\u00edan verse obligadas a incrementar salarios<\/h2>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Ulin y Sunken de UFCW relataron que los empleados de JBS enfrentan estr\u00e9s al capacitar nuevos trabajadores mientras mantienen los niveles productivos. &#8220;Actualmente hay un proceso intensivo de contrataciones&#8221;, se\u00f1al\u00f3 Ulin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;Pero trasciende lo meramente productivo. Es un asunto que afecta a toda la comunidad&#8221;, explic\u00f3 Sunken, cuya empresa en el noroeste de Iowa perdi\u00f3 cerca del 10% de su plantilla laboral.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Ulin destac\u00f3 que muchos trabajadores llegaron a Ottumwa y otras localidades con sus familias completas. El impacto se multiplica cuando estas deciden abandonar la zona.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;Afectar\u00e1 a comercios que pierden clientela, escuelas con menor matr\u00edcula, congregaciones religiosas que ven disminuir sus feligreses&#8221;, describi\u00f3 Ulin. &#8220;Es lamentable. Todos buscamos progresar y nadie espera que le arrebaten as\u00ed su sustento&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Dermot Hayes, economista de ISU, compar\u00f3 la situaci\u00f3n con el cierre temporal de plantas durante la pandemia de COVID-19, que gener\u00f3 incrementos en los precios.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\">\n<p><figure style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/06\/11\/PDEM\/84141559007-ice-protest-cs-008.jpg?width=660&amp;height=441&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Eloise Moyle, de 10 a\u00f1os, escribe \" width=\"660\" height=\"441\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eloise Moyle, de 10 a\u00f1os, escribe &#8220;Protejamos a los inmigrantes&#8221; con agua durante una manifestaci\u00f3n el 10 de junio en Des Moines.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">EE.UU. perdi\u00f3 aproximadamente el 30% de su capacidad de procesamiento durante la pandemia, forzando a productores a sacrificar animales ante la saturaci\u00f3n de las l\u00edneas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Azzeddine Azzam, economista agr\u00edcola de la Universidad de Nebraska-Lincoln, se\u00f1al\u00f3 que el ajustado mercado laboral podr\u00eda obligar a las procesadoras a ofrecer mejores salarios para atraer trabajadores nacidos en EE.UU.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;Las plantas necesitar\u00e1n hacer m\u00e1s atractivas las condiciones para personas que tradicionalmente no consideraban este empleo&#8221;, explic\u00f3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">No obstante, Azzam advirti\u00f3 que los mayores costos podr\u00edan reducir los precios pagados a productores mientras aumentan los precios al consumidor, en un contexto inflacionario donde los alimentos ya han subido un 24% entre 2020 y 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Los precios c\u00e1rnicos contin\u00faan en niveles r\u00e9cord, con los consumidores\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/money\/2025\/07\/22\/beef-prices-record-highs\/85325298007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\">pagando cifras hist\u00f3ricas en junio<\/a>\u00a0ante la limitada oferta y alta demanda.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Expertos coinciden en que JBS, Smithfield y otras empresas cumplen con la ley al despedir a estos trabajadores. El Meat Institute solicit\u00f3 en junio incluir al sector en las discusiones para establecer una &#8220;fuerza laboral agr\u00edcola estable y legal&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Casillas-Hoffman enfatiz\u00f3 que la econom\u00eda de Iowa requiere una soluci\u00f3n: &#8220;La realidad es que Iowa necesita trabajadores inmigrantes. 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