GOP voters' worries over immigration shape race in Iowa

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By Jerry Kammer
COPLEY NEWS SERVICE

October 18, 2007



STORM LAKE, Iowa – During the 1960s and 1970s, Richard Krout slaughtered hogs at a now-defunct meat-processing plant where the union label helped him earn more than most teachers. The work was strenuous, but the pay and benefits made it a job many Iowans wanted for themselves and their grown children.
Today, he said, the work is being done more cheaply, mostly by foreign-born workers with low job expectations.

“They'll work as much as you want and under just about any conditions, and they won't ask questions,â€