So when officials from Cargill Meat Solutions began recruiting for employees in Puerto Rico last year, Agosto sought and obtained one of the positions. At Beardstown’s Cargill plant, she earns ...

Fights have broken out between Mexican and Puerto Rican men, according to Sabina Torres, a Cargill employee since settling in Beardstown in 1999 who owns a clothing shop in the town center.

Cargill sent recruiters to the Mexican border, according to local lore: "we'll give you a bus ticket to come to Beardstown," in Conner's telling. Other versions described immigrants first gaining ...

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She earned $5.25 an hour. So when officials from Cargill Meat Solutions began recruiting for employees in Puerto Rico last year, Agosto sought and obtained one of the positions. At Beardstown’s ...