Thread: NY: Farmers learned feds don't need a warrant

Farmers and Feds meet on illegal immigrant issues

Gannett News Service

YORK — Farmers learned in Livingston County today that law enforcers can come on to their farms without a warrant in their efforts to catch illegal immigrants.

About 60 farmers and farm agency representatives met at York Town Hall to hear from federal officials about how immigration laws affect them. Many local farmers depend on foreign laborers to milk their cows, prune their vines, and perhaps most significantly, harvest their fruits and vegetables.

Livingston County Sheriff John M. York organized the meeting after recent immigration arrests in Livingston County upset local farmers.

Dale Stein, a LeRoy, Genesee County, dairy farmer, said he learned more about warrants from the meeting.

“We were all (thinking) they had to have a search warrant,â€

[quote]“If an individual is here illegally, they are a criminal.â€

About 60 farmers and farm agency representatives met at York Town Hall to hear from federal officials about how immigration laws affect them.

Instead of holding meeting with those that employ illegals, they should be raiding the farms!

Good news. Looks like the "nod and a wink" for organized criminal enterprise known as Agriculture is coming to an end.