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Community Development: Changes in Nebraska's and Iowa's Counties With Large Meatpacking Plant Workforces

RCED-98-62 Published: Feb 27, 1998. Publicly Released: Mar 27, 1998.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed: (1) the population changes that have occurred in communities in Nebraska and Iowa with large meatpacking workforces; (2) the changes that have occurred in school enrollments, health care costs, economic conditions, and crime rates; (3) whether the housing conditions of plant workers and their families; and (4) if there is evidence that meatpacking companies have hired illegal aliens.

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CrimesEconomic analysisHealth care costsImmigration enforcementLabor forceLow income housingMeat packing industryMinoritiesPopulation statisticsPublic schoolsMedicaid