Worth reading the entire article:

http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/2010/05/23/996860?sac=Home

Snippets:

But residents say there is no denying that the faces of workers during shift changes at House of Raeford have gone from mostly brown to mostly black.

Basurto has felt the fallout in the cafeteria. Basurto said he has gone from selling $2,000 worth of Mexican food a day to about $200.

During a recent lunch break, a procession of black workers were seen walking from the plant to a nearby convenience store. Basurto said he is considering more Southern comfort food for his menu.

Many Hispanics cleared out after Smithfield began rechecking their Social Security numbers and ICE raided the slaughterhouse, both in 2006.

Blacks took the place of many Hispanics. Black workers went from 41percent of the Tar Heel work force in 2006 to 54percent in 2008.

Although the same Mexican-to-black employment transformation has taken place at House of Raeford, census estimates have yet to reflect an outflow of Hispanics from Hoke County - and may never.

I thought the justification for hiring "undocumented workers" was that no one else was willing to take those jobs?

The new trend:

Mountaire Farms, which runs a large poultry-processing plant in Lumber Bridge, is said to have hired a contractor to supply immigrant workers from Burma and Thailand.

The contractor provides transportation to the plant, meals and living quarters for the workers, according to an official at the plant.

Michael Tirrell, vice president of human resources and business services for Mountaire Farms, would not directly address whether Burmese or Thai workers have taken jobs once held by Mexicans.

"We don't necessarily target any particular gender or country of origin," Tirrell said. "We need good workers with proper documentation. Whoever is qualified, we'll consider for a job."