ICE Enforcement Surge Hits Workers Across the Food System

Photo: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) inspectors inspect beef using a Streamline Inspection System (SIS) at a processing plant in Plainview, TX on January 22, 1991. USDA photo by Lester Shepherd. Attribution: “20120106-OC-AMW-0599” by U.S. Department of Agriculture via Flickr. Public Domain. Article by Lisa Held. Civil Eats – October 27, 2026

Many of the steaks, burgers, and short ribs that Americans put on their plates every day start in Kansas, which along with its northern neighbor Nebraska, is the center of the country’s beef industry. In 2025, the state processed nearly 6 million cattle, about 20 percent of the U.S. total. Most of that production takes place in the state’s southwest corner, in what is often called the “golden triangle,” where processing plants run by National Beef, Tyson, and Cargill are concentrated in three cities—Liberal, Dodge City, and Garden City. On the outskirts, feedlots and dairies abound. […]

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