Beef over beef: In North Platte, promises of economic boom smash into fears over immigrants

This image shows the full length of the massive Sustainable Beef plant’s south side, running from west to east. Once operational, the plant is expected to process 1,500 head of cattle, hauled in on 45 semi-trucks, each day. That’s roughly 1.5% of the nation’s fat cattle, says the company CEO. Lori Potter for the Flatwater Free Press
This image shows the full length of the massive Sustainable Beef plant’s south side, running from west to east. Once operational, the plant is expected to process 1,500 head of cattle, hauled in on 45 semi-trucks, each day. That’s roughly 1.5% of the nation’s fat cattle, says the company CEO. Lori Potter for the Flatwater Free Press

by Natalia Alamdari Flatwater Free Press North Platte – In light, cursive script, she strings newly learned verbs into sentences.

She sounds out each foreign syllable, practicing with the volunteer tea…