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Illegal Immigrants Get Workers’ Compensation
The Associated Press
Published: October 19, 2005 11:00
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Excerpt: {magazine_leadin}LOS ANGELES—Illegal immigrants who are hurt on the job are entitled to workers’ compensation benefits, a state appeals court ruled. The 2nd District Court of Appeal made the finding in a case involving Torrance-based coffee roaster Farmer Bros. Co., which had tried to deny workers’ comp benefits to an employee who was in the country illegally. The company argued that federal immigration laws superseded the state’s workers’ compensation system, which provides medical care and…
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