... Over the last three decades, thousands of immigrants like Tatiana have come to Hardy County to work for Pilgrim’s Pride, an arm of the largest chicken producer in the world…

But when issues come up outside of everyday work, they say there’s few people able to help them out. Moorefield immigrants often struggle to find affordable housing, adequate interpretation services, financial assistance and other resources that could ease the transition to the U.S…

Pilgrim’s already rents housing units to some of its new employees, but it can charge workers hundreds of dollars more per month than what the federal government says is fair for Hardy County…

The company’s corporate and local offices did not respond to emails, phone calls and a letter with more than a dozen questions related to this story…

That disconnect has led former and current immigrant workers to go without benefits they qualify for or medical treatment they need, struggle to pay bills and worry whether they will be able to put food on the table for their kids….

But in late 2022, around the same time Pilgrim’s told shareholders that its U.S. labor shortages were improving, Tatiana and other Moorefield undocumented immigrant poultry workers were fired...