Veronica Escobar: “Many Latino workers [in meatpacking plants] have been…”

“And so the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, led by my colleague, Chairman Joaquin Castro, really been sounding the alarms on many issues, including what's happening in meatpacking plants, for example. Those outbreaks, … Many Latino workers [in meatpacking plants] have been impacted by outbreaks. … sure that we get our fruits and vegetables are the people that were deliberately left out of the stimulus package because they were specifically stripped out by Senate Republicans who made it a requirement that you have a Social Security number.” (16:35–16:42)

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