The American Meat Institute ran this ad in Congressional Quarterly last year (AMI members including Hormel, Tyson, Cargill, and several hundred other companies process 70 percent of America's annual meat output). Regarding immigration Amnesty, the "trade associations" are allied with many powerful unions and immgration "advocacy" groups. This list is representative, and by no means all-inclusive of the hundreds of groups supporting immigration Amnesty.:
"Though no one wants to reward illegal behavior, we must find a way for these workers to come forward, make good on the past and participate in a program that leads to permanent residency and eventual citizenship."
http://www.meatami.com/1CQImmigrationAd030206.pdf
The Rogues Gallery Of Co-Signatories To The Above Statement:
- Associated Builders and Contractors
- Associated General Contractors of America
- American Hotel and Lodging Association
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- American Jewish Committee
- American Meat Institute
- American Nursery and Landscape Association
- Essential Worker Immigration Coalition
- Grover G. Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform
- League of United Latin American Citizens
- Linda Chavez, Chairman, Center for Equal Opportunity
- Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund
- National Association of Home Builders
- National Immigration Forum
- National Restaurant Association
- National Council of Chain Restaurants
- National Roofing Contractors Association
- Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors - National Association
- Service Employees International Union
- Society of American Florists
- Tamar Jacoby, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute
- The Latino Coalition
- UNITE/HERE
- United Farm Workers of America
- United Food and Commercial Workers Union
- United Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Association
- US Chamber of Commerce
