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Arkansas Dem Senate Candidate Cops to Employing Illegal Aliens on Family Farm

Headline from The Washington Free Beacon

The Democratic Senate nominee in Arkansas, Hallie Shoffner, copped to employing illegal immigrants—or "undocumented" migrants, as she called them—on her family farm, telling a local podcast earlier this month that she’d "trade five Americans for just one" illegal alien "because of how hard they work…

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Reports & sources

7 articles, oldest first.

  1. Breitbart News

    Arkansas Democrat Hallie Shoffner Doubles Down on Trading ‘Five Americans’ for One ‘Undocumented Immigrant’ (opens Breitbart News)

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    Arkansas Democrat U.S. Senate candidate Hallie Shoffner’s campaign is defending her comments about immigrant farm labor after she said farmers would trade five Americans for one ‘undocumented immigrant,’ but the campaign did not say whether or not Shoffner herself employed illegal immigrants.

  2. Townhall

  3. Fox News

    Red state Dem faces fury for suggesting illegal aliens should replace American workers (opens Fox News)

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    Hallie Shoffner said farmers would "trade five Americans just for one" illegal immigrant worker, drawing sharp criticism from Sen. Tom Cotton's campaign.

  4. New York Post

    Arkansas Dem Senate candidate faces fury for suggesting illegal aliens should replace American workers (opens New York Post)

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    Hallie Shoffner, a farmer, is running against Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark. in Arkansas.

  5. GOP Daily Brief

    Arkansas Democratic Senate Candidate Hallie Shoffner Says Farmers Would Trade Five Americans for One Illegal Immigrant Worker (opens GOP Daily Brief)

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    For decades, American workers – especially those in agriculture, manufacturing, and the trades – have carried this nation on their backs. They’ve survived recessions, watched...

  6. The Washington Free Beacon

    Arkansas Dem Senate Candidate Cops to Employing Illegal Aliens on Family Farm (opens The Washington Free Beacon)

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    The Washington Free Beacon's feed description

    The Democratic Senate nominee in Arkansas, Hallie Shoffner, copped to employing illegal immigrants—or "undocumented" migrants, as she called them—on her family farm, telling a local podcast earlier this month that she’d "trade five Americans for just one" illegal alien "because of how hard they work…

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