A New Immigration Strategy Shakes Agro-Industrial Rural Towns

A New Immigration Strategy Shakes Agro-Industrial Rural Towns

Eliseo Affholter noticed a car following him, moving slowly as he walked through the streets of Milan, Missouri. Walking was his wind-down routine after work at a Kraft Heinz plant, where on Feb. 24, he had just finished a 12-hour overnight shift.  As he walked along East Grand Avenue, he saw flashing lights and vehicles lined up behind a stopped car, including patrol cars, an SUV and a pickup truck. As Affholter stepped closer, he raised his ph…