Tyson Foods is hiring a number of illegal immigrants who have recently arrived in New York.
Tyson, which is known for its chicken products and owns brands like Jimmy Dean and Hillshire Farm, has already hired dozens of migrants who obtained work permits and is looking to hire many more, Bloomberg reported.
The meatpacking company is working with Tent Partnership for Refugees, which was founded by Chobani yogurt founder Hamdi Ulukaya, to hire some of the recently arrived migrants in New York.
On one day in February, Tyson met with 17 migrants from Venezuela, Mexico, and Colombia at Chobani’s offices in Manhattan and hired them to work at Tyson’s Humboldt, Tennessee plant. Last week, Tyson reportedly hired 70 more migrants.
New York has seen an influx of more than 180,000 illegal migrants over the past two years creating a crisis that has strained the city’s budget and caused…
