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: Greg Siskind's BlogCOUNTY CAN'T USE RICO TO SUE EMPLOYERS FOR HIRING ILLEGALLY PRESENT WORKERS
By Greg Siskind
This case is vitally important because RICO has become an important tool being used by anti-immigrant groups to target employers and this is the first Circuit Court decision I'm aware of addressing the question. The plaintiff in the case was Canyon County, Idaho and the defendants included Syngenta Seeds, Sorrento Lactalis, Swift Beef Company, Harris Moran Seed, and Albert Pacheco. No word yet on whether the county intends to appeal to the US Supreme Court.
Full post as published by Greg Siskind's Blog on March 25, 2008 (boomark / email).
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