Michigan Dairy Farm Penalized $2.7 Million for Hiring Illegal Aliens
A Michigan dairy farm and its two owners recently plead guilty to charges of employing illegal aliens, following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcements (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). ICE reported Johannes Martinus Verhaar and Anthonia Marjanne Verhaar own Aquila Farms LLC., a dairy operation based in Bad Axe, Mich. Court records revealed from about 2000 through 2007, the dairy employed 78 different illegal aliens, which constituted almost 75 percent of its workforce. Aqu Full story…