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Shrimp Trade Tangles Across U.S.-Mexico Border
Tex-Mex Cold Storage and Camarones Selectos employ Mexican and Mexican American workers in Brownsville and Matamoros to sort, peel, and devein shrimp. Wages vary from 99 cents to $2.30 per hour, prompting cross border labor shifts and debates over American job loss and plant relocation. The system moves shrimp across the border for processing and back to the United States, with labels often stating Product of U.S.A. Shrimp boats and plants rely on Mexican labor for key steps, amid a debate on immigration and trade policies.
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Brownsville
Tex
Tex-Mex Cold Storage Inc
Camarones Selectos
Matamoros
Mexico
United States
South Korea
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Lawrence Touchet
Gulf Shrimp Processors
Tex-Mex
Ed Walker
Tochet
Robert
Michael Reynolds
Border Bridge
U.S.A
Mack Sennett
Tampico