Burlington Free Press
Vermont -- Illegal Mexican immigrants coming to Vermont to work on dairy farms show their new employers authentic-looking Social Security cards and other identification documents that are fakes, a Vermont migrant worker advocate said Friday.
"They have fake IDs," said Cheryl Mitchell of the Addison County Migrant Workers Coalition. "The reality is that everyone knows these folks are undocumented."
According to news reports and immigration experts, the fake paperwork is available for sale in immigrant neighborhoods along the United States-Mexico border. Often, the number on the Social Security card for sale is either fictitious or belonged to someone else.
Burlington Free Press
Farm run by governor's in-laws employs illegal aliens (Foster Brothers Farm)
Vermont -- A Middlebury dairy farm owned by relatives of Gov. Jim Douglas is among the hundreds of Vermont farms employing illegal Mexican immigrants, one of the co-owners of the farm confirmed last week.
"Yes, we do," said Ted Foster, who oversees daily operations of the sprawling 1,537-acre Foster Brothers Farm on Lower Foote Street in Middlebury. "I've been very happy with the work they've done."
Among the Foster family members who own the farm is Robert Foster, a member of the Agri-Mark board of directors and brother of Dorothy Douglas, the governor's wife. Ted Foster, vice president of the Vermont Farm Bureau, is a cousin.
Posted by tyne at February 25, 2007