Nebraska Governor Wrongly Says Undocumented Meatpacking Workers Can’t Get Vaccine

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Not only was Gov. Pete Ricketts incorrect, he also demonstrated abhorrent prejudice

, and b) not vaccinating a large chunk of the state’s essential workers because of immigration status is both deeply unwise and damningly unethical.

“You’re supposed to be a legal resident of the country to be able to be working in those [meatpacking] plants, so I do not expect that illegal immigrants will be part of the vaccine with that program,” wereFacing follow-up questions from reporters, he repeated: “If you’re working in the plants, you’re supposed to be here legally. So to get the vaccination, you gotta be working here legally to be able to be part of the food processing program.

 

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