A
farm wife in upper Michigan has been fined $187,500 after she pleaded guilty to
hiring 124 workers without checking their legal status.
Madeline
Burke and her husband immigrated from Ireland and are farming in the Thumb area
of Northern Michigan.
Her
husband has decided to challenge the authorities on the basis that they pick on
immigrants.
Denis
Burke says they selectively target immigrant farmers and points to Dutch
immigrants John and Anja Verhaar wgio were prosecuted in 2010.
The
government denies any discrimination.
