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You are pretty much going to have to boycott all meat products. Illegal immigrants make up a substantial portion of the meat processing work force throughout this country.
You might want to consider boycotting fruits and vegetables as well since many of those are picked by illegals.
Grains are probably still safe, though not exactly Atkins friendly.

The total U.S. beef plants to be closed Monday to at least 12 and pork plants to at least 14. Slaughter for both species is expected to be reduced to around 50% or less than normal Monday.

Tyson Foods (TSN) will not operate at five of its nine U.S. beef plants and will have four of six pork plants closed Monday due to a potential shortage of workers.

Cargill Meat Solutions' two pork plants, located in Iowa and Illinois, will be closed Monday along with five of its fed-cattle plants located in Texas, Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado.

Indiana Packing Co. of Delphi, Ind., confirmed earlier this week that its plant will be closed on Monday.

Premium Standard Farms confirmed this week that the company will not slaughter hogs Monday at its Milan, Mo., and its Lundy Packing Co. facility in Clinton, N.C

Seaboard Foods will not operate its Guymon, Okla., plant Monday. The Guymon facility is the company's only pork plant.

The U.S. work stoppages at U.S. meat plants Monday are projected to be greater than the work crew reductions seen on April 10, the first time some workers participated in the immigration protests. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated cattle slaughter that day at 80,000 head and hog slaughter at 337,000.

"You are pretty much going to have to boycott all meat products. Illegal immigrants make up a substantial portion of the meat processing work force throughout this country. You might want to consider boycotting fruits and vegetables as well since many of those are picked by illegals. Grains are probably still safe, though not exactly Atkins friendly."

Only if you're too lazy to either: (a) grow your own, or (b) spend the few minutes it takes to find a "local" source of meat processing (aka a "butcher"- yes, they still exist ;) and/or fresh fruits/veggies.

Contrary to popular belief, much less the efforts of "agribiz" and the USDA, the small(er), independent American farmer is still in business (although barely ) and will be more than happy to supply you with all the "home-grown" fruits, veggies, dairy, and meat you desire. Heck, they'll even "thank-you" for your patronage. :)