Dr. Joshua Sbicca was recently interviewed by Sentient Media for their article “Could People in ICE Detention Centers Be Forced to Work in Slaughterhouses?”

Part of the reason that animal agriculture, and agriculture more broadly, relies so heavily on immigrant labor is because of the nature of the work, he told Sentient. “Many frontline agricultural workers are just not paid a lot of money, and they’re working under really difficult and dangerous conditions.”