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What immigrant workers found when they arrived at a JBS Foods plant

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In this Oct. 12, 2020 file photo, a worker heads into the JBS meatpacking plant in Greeley, Colorado. (David Zalubowski/AP)
In this Oct. 12, 2020 file photo, a worker heads into the JBS meatpacking plant in Greeley, Colorado. (David Zalubowski/AP)

The JBS meatpacking plant in Greely, Colorado, recruited hundreds of Haitian immigrants with the promise of high pay and a better life. But what those immigrants found when they arrived were dangerous working conditions and squalid housing.

Reporter Ted Genoways joins host Scott Tong to discuss his reporting on JBS for the "Reveal" podcast and the Food and Environment Reporting Network.

This segment aired on March 17, 2025.

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