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NPR : Farmers Worry About Immigration Crackdown

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“A court will soon decide whether the Department of Homeland Security can go ahead with a crackdown on illegal workers. DHS wants to hold employers accountable if their workers’ Social Security numbers can’t be proved valid. Employers fear the new rule could put them out of business and farmers feel especially vulnerable.

The potential for problems can be seen in a visit to Fred Leitz’s farm in southwest Michigan, where all but a few of the seasonal employees are Hispanic. Based on industry estimates, Leitz says he can only assume that as many as 70 percent are undocumented.”

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Posted on: September 19th, 2007
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Filed Under: 1. Hispanic News, Business, Business News, Immigration
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