I’m unsure why you’re discussing California meatpacking industry when we’re discussing Nebraska. And yes, the meatpacking industry in the midwest and in the south is heavily immigrant labor:

http://www.choicesmagazine.org/choices-magazine/theme-articles/immigration-and-agriculture/immigration-and-meatpacking-in-the-mid…

You know I think you’re absolutely right, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiania, Mississippi, Alabama, Arizona, and South Carolina look at this snow and think no big deal. Wait is that not what you meant by middle America?