Beardstown, Ill., is home to Cargill Meat Solutions, which employs hundreds of immigrants to process 16,000 hogs each day. Federal officials raided the plant in April, deporting 62 employees.
                                            (Kelly McEvers)

Evolving Immigration in Beardstown

Beardstown, Ill., is home to Cargill Meat Solutions, which employs hundreds of immigrants to process 16,000 hogs each day. Federal officials raided the plant in April, deporting 62 employees.

Credit: Kelly McEvers