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Shrimpers rely on Mexican labor amid border rules
Port Isabel shrimpers rely on undocumented Mexican crews, facing immigration reform penalties that could curb hiring. Cooperatives and captains discuss raids, wages, and the risky labor that sustains the Tarpon Seafoods operation as workers from Matamoros to Campeche fill the boats at night and endure long hours for earnings between twelve and thirty thousand dollars a year.
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Port Isabel
Texas
Tarpon Seafoods
Rio Grande
Larry
Border Patrol
Mexico
Charles Bennett
Washington
Matamoros
Tampico
Campeche
Yucatan Peninsula
U.S
Bennett
Eleazar
Cesar
Jesus
Florida