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Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Vermont Fights for Immigrant Dairy Workers

Vermont Fights for Immigrant Dairy Workers
NPR audio:
Thousands of the farm workers on Vermont's dairy farms are there illegally. Dairy farm workers don't qualify for a guest-worker program that allows foreigners to enter the U.S. for seasonal jobs. Farmers and state politicians say that Washington's policy hurts the state's dairy industry. From Vermont Public Radio, John Dillon reports.

 



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