Dairy farmers plead not guilty to hiring, harboring undocumented immigrants
By Andrew Dodson |
on September 24, 2016 at 1:51 PM, updated September 24, 2016 at 1:52 PM
BAY CITY, MI — A husband and wife indicted on charges of hiring and harboring undocumented immigrants to work on their dairy farms in Huron and Tuscola counties have pleaded not guilty.
Denis Burke, 53, and Madeline Burke, 50, owners of Parisville Dairy and Dunganstown Dairy in the Thumb, entered their not guilty pleas in federal court Friday, Sept. 23, said Daniel J. Vaccaro, the couple's attorney.
"The Burkes and their dairy operations deny the allegations in the indictment and stand by their pleas of not guilty entered in court yesterday," Vaccaro said in an email to MLive. "The dairies have historically complied in good faith with the requirements of the law with respect to the hiring of all workers."
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