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March 15, 2010 U.S. Consulate Employees in Juarez, Mexico Assassinated by Drug Cartels "Gunmen believed to be linked to drug traffickers shot a pregnant American consulate worker and her husband to death in the violence-racked border town of Ciudad Juarez over the weekend, leaving their baby wailing in the back seat of their car, the authorities said Sunday. The gunmen also killed the husband of another consular employee and wounded his two young children," the New York Times reported.
Legal Immigrants Sue Mass. For Health Insurance "Massachusetts' landmark 2006 comprehensive health system reforms hit another hurdle after a group of legal immigrants who were excluded from Commonwealth Care coverage in the wake of last year's budget cuts sued authorities overseeing the program. As other states look to similar cost-saving cuts, the case raises questions over how to address a growing legal immigrant population and the health costs associated with the largely uninsured group," the AMA reports. The suit is based on equal-protection arguments. "'What the federal government was trying to do was prevent incoming immigrants from immediately having to rely on public coffers ... and [Massachusetts] is just coming on par with federal law [the 5 year ban on welfare],' said Dustin Carnevale, a spokesman for the Washington, D.C.-based Federation for American Immigration Reform, a nonprofit organization that supports reduced immigration levels. FAIR was not involved in the case."
Dairy Lobby Wants Cheap Labor, Access to Guest Workers Gervais Family Farms in Vermont is among the dairies asking for special treatment and a license to bring in cheap foreign workers. Clement Gervais spoke to the AP after his business was audited and found to have hired 3 illegal workers. "With 950 cows that need to be milked three times a day, Gervais said he's struggled to find reliable workers. Many apply only when they can't find work elsewhere. They often have drug or alcohol problems or troubles at home, he said. He pays his staff $10 to $12 an hour, but said milking can be monotonous and not everyone enjoys it or is good working with animals," the AP reported. "There's not enough people that want to do it. That's the real, true issue," Gervais said. "I mean there's good Americans that can milk, but there's not enough of them that can and want to." And in Wisconsin, dairies are also lobbying for more cheap foreign labor, that we all pay for. "Dairy farmers say they want access to workers without getting in trouble. Many say they could go out of business without immigrant labor and consumers would likely end up paying more for milk," Capitol News Connection reports. "Immigrants now make up about 40 percent of the state's dairy labor force, up from 5 percent a decade ago, according to a 2009 study by the UW-Madison Program on Agricultural Technology Studies. Many of the workers are in the United States illegally." The bottom line is: 10 years ago 95 percent of dairy workers were Americans. Now, these businesses have become dependent on the cost advantage of cheap foreign workers and want to legalize this displacement of American workers.
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