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<title>Owens seeks dairy guest worker program</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 11, 2011) Yesterday, President Obama took his pitch to overall the nation’s immigration laws to the Mexican border.  In El Paso, Obama said he&apos;s exceeded Republican demands for improved border security.  He said now it’s time for them to work on immigration reform.Today, there are at least hundreds of Mexican and Central American men and women working illegally on North Country dairy farms.  Last month, a Jefferson County farmer was arrested by federal agents for employing undocumented workers.For the dairy industry, the biggest problem with current immigration laws is one called H2A.  It’s a guest worker program, but dairy farmers are not eligible to use it.  A bill introduced by Congressman Bill Owens would change that.  He spoke with David Sommerstein. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17631/20110511/owens-seeks-dairy-guest-worker-program">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Yesterday, President Obama took his pitch to overall the nation’s immigration laws to the Mexican border.  In El Paso, Obama said he&apos;s exceeded Republican demands for improved border security.  He said now it’s time for them to work on immigration reform.Today, there are at least hundreds of Mexican and Central American men and women working illegally on North Country dairy farms.  Last month, a Jefferson County farmer was arrested by federal agents for employing undocumented workers.For the dairy industry, the biggest problem with current immigration laws is one called H2A.  It’s a guest worker program, but dairy farmers are not eligible to use it.  A bill introduced by Congressman Bill Owens would change that.  He spoke with David Sommerstein. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17631/20110511/owens-seeks-dairy-guest-worker-program">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<title>Farmer arrested for employing illegal immigrants</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 31, 2011) Federal agents raided a Jefferson County dairy farm yesterday and arrested the farmer, a week after one of his Hispanic employees died in an apparent accident. 47 year-old John Barney of Adams is charged with harboring illegal immigrants. Todd Moe reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17404/20110331/farmer-arrested-for-employing-illegal-immigrants">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: David Sommerstein</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Federal agents raided a Jefferson County dairy farm yesterday and arrested the farmer, a week after one of his Hispanic employees died in an apparent accident. 47 year-old John Barney of Adams is charged with harboring illegal immigrants. Todd Moe reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17404/20110331/farmer-arrested-for-employing-illegal-immigrants">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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