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chron.com - The federal government's plan to remedy discrimination by the Agriculture Department in handling loan requests from Hispanic farmers has its own legal problem: a lawsuit describing the proposed relief as discriminatory. A federal lawsuit filed last month by five Hispanic farmers from Texas and a sixth plaintiff from New Mexico contends the settlement proposed by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack treats Hispanic and women farmers worse than African-American and Native American farmers in prior settlements of their discrimination cases. "Defendants have not been fair and evenhanded in settling the claims of minority farmers, all of whom (the USDA) similarly victimized, but have intentionally proceeded unfairly, unequally and disproportionately," the lawsuit filed by Washington, D.C., attorney Stephen Hill contends. More
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Hispanic Farmers Call USDA Biased
From chron.com - The federal government's plan to remedy discrimination by the Agriculture Department in handling loan requests from Hispanic farmers has its own legal problem: a lawsuit describing the proposed relief as discriminatory. A federal lawsuit filed last month by five Hispanic farmers from Texas and a sixth plaintiff from New Mexico contends the settlement proposed by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack treats Hispanic and women farmers worse than African-American and Native American farmers in prior settlements of their discrimination cases. "Defendants have not been fair and evenhanded in settling the claims of minority farmers, all of whom (the USDA) similarly victimized, but have intentionally proceeded unfairly, unequally and disproportionately," the lawsuit filed by Washington, D.C., attorney Stephen Hill contends. More News New Mexico
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