Where were the protesters and the Church when the original workers and families were displaced by cheap labor in the first place?
Meatpacking jobs used to pay very well - not the greatest job in the world I suppose, but enough for people to raise their family and buy a house, etc. Illegal labor - regardless of the emotional heart-tugging stories meant to cloud the issue - has driven wages down, no way around it.
I work construction, and let me tell you, from my vantage point, that nonsense about illegals doing jobs others won't is baloney. I see masons, carpenters, bricklayers, electricians; all of which are fairly well paying jobs.