A dairy farmer in Michigan pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges of harboring more than 100 illegal immigrant workers and agreed to pay $1.38 million in penalties to the U.S. government.
Denis Burke, who emigrated from Ireland, owns and runs two farms in the Michigan Thumb region: Dunganstown Dairy and Parisville Dairy. While appearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Patricia T. Morris in the Bay City federal courthouse Tuesday, Burke signed a plea agreement admitting that he did not seek legal permission to hire the more than 100 illegal immigrants employed between his two farms
“This is a classic case of harboring illegal aliens, and must not be tolerated, especially on such a scale,” Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies for the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), told LifeZette in an email. “Not only is it unfair to Americans and legal immigrants who might have needed those jobs, it is likely that the illegal workers were exploited — just for the purpose of lining the dairy owners’ pockets.” – READ MORE
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