Poultry's Price
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Chicken
 (Frank Johnston — The Washington Post)
 
 
Chicken worker Gerardo Cortes, 42, from Mexico, takes a break at a bus stop on his way from McAllen, Tex., to Salisbury, Md. to work at the Mountaire Farms plant in Selbyville, Del. Cortes, a deeply pious man, takes a moment for a prayer before eating a meal.

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Part 1: On Chicken's Front Line
Part 2: Immigration Transforms a Community
Part 3: Poultry's Price
Part 4: Importing Workers



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