Tyson Foods under fire from conservative group

A conservative group headed by a senior adviser to former President Donald Trump is accusing Tyson Foods of discriminating against American citizens.

Why it matters: A recent poll shows increasingly harsh political discourse around immigration, particularly from the GOP, is breaking through to everyday Americans, and some fear that anti-immigrant rhetoric will lead to an increase of hate crimes.

State of play: The group American First Legal, led by Stephen Miller — an advocate for conservative immigration policy — this week sent letters to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Department of Justice's Office of Immigrant and Employee Rights and the Iowa Civil Rights Commission.

• The organization claims Tyson employs 42,000 people who may be undocumented migrants or foreign nationals, including minors.

Reality check: A March Bloomberg story noted the meatpacking giant would hire immigrants through the Tent Partnership for Refugees and used the 42,000 number as its current workforce who are immigrants or refugees.

• The information was initially misreported by Scripps News, then conflated in social media to say the people were not working under legal status.

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Disclosure: Reporter Worth Sparkman formerly worked at Tyson Foods.