Quote of the Day 6/6/2014

“We just expect the food to be there and we have no idea what it takes to get there. The immigration piece of this is important.”

– John Patrick Lopez, an executive at Oklahoma City-based Lopez Foods, the primary beef supplier for McDonald’s. Ninety-two percent of the plant employees are Hispanic or Asian, and many are immigrants (source: http://nyti.ms/1i7vv1R).

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Gene Perry worked for OK Policy from 2011 to 2019. He is a native Oklahoman and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a B.A. in history and an M.A. in journalism.

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