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OPINION: Hiring of Illegal Immigrants Is Rife But No One Is Responsible.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, April, 2003

By Ruben Navarrette, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Apr. 3--When a federal jury in Chattanooga, Tenn., acquitted Tyson Foods of smuggling illegal immigrants, it sent a message: When the government goes after an employer for allegedly hiring illegal immigrants, it had better have its ducks in a row. And if it doesn't, employers can feel free to hire at will.

The government claims it did its homework. The Justice Department poured 2 1/2 years and millions of dollars into what was initially a 36-count indictment filed in December 2001. The judge disagreed and trimmed the indictment to 24 counts, tossing out allegations that the company had directly smuggled undocumented immigrants into the United States.

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