how does immigration impact the livelihood of rural americans three years after he was elected? well, in storm lake, our elementary is 9 0% children of color, mainly from latin america. we are a meat processing town that processes hogs and turkeys. immigrants are vital to the community of 10,000 to 15,000 people. we re not sure how many people actually live here because they don t want to meet the census taker because of so far fear right now, fear of getting deported even if you have local papers. immigrants are vital to dairy barnes, meat packing. and we often think about them labor in lettuce fields. but they are slaughtering hogs