Four Farm Workers Detained After Roadside Stop (N.Y. Farmer declares Racial Profiling)

WayugaTimes ^ | 8/19/09

[Sammy67]

NORTH ROSE – A Wolcott fruit grower is accusing the U.S. Border Patrol of racially profiling four of his workers who were stopped on Route 414 Aug. 17 as they were returning to his farm from a trip to purchase clothing. The men were all detained and taken for processing; Border Patrol Officer E. Rodriguez, who was in charge of the scene, told fruit grower Brian Doyle the men volunteered they were in the U.S. illegally. Doyle said Rodriguez then accused him of being a “federal criminal” because he employed the men. He said Rodriguez continually referred to the men as “illegal immigrants.” Doyle said he doesn’t believe Rodriguez because all four have I-9 resident alien cards, which they were carrying at the time of the stop, and social security numbers. He said two, brothers Roman and Quirino Diaz, have worked for him for several years and he’s never

[ought-six]

This man Doyle is either an idiot or he’s lying through his teeth.

[the invisib1e hand]

my money’s on the farmer.

[gwilhelm56]

OK... 2 of them had Social Security Numbers... my question is ... WHO did the SS Numbers BELONG TO..???

[HiTech RedNeck]

How hard is it to determine if an SSN has been “recycled”?

Anyhow it’s perfectly legal for cops to lie — there may have been no statement by the workers about their legal status, but they may have left their I9 cards at home too so couldn’t prove it.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Whoops, did have I9 cards. Sounds fishy that they would just say they they were illegales after having told the farmer otherwise for years. What could be in it for them?

[OldArmy52]

Here in Calif, if one wants illegals, just go to about any city and check the first 100 Mexicans who walk by. The Govt is not enforcing its own laws.

[GladesGuru]

A Messican worker might LIE about his status? ?

Tell us it ain’t so ! ! ! !