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Federal immigration officials target Vermont farms

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Federal immigration officials are cracking down on Vermont dairy farmers as part of a national effort, asking them to provide records to prove their workers are legal.

Kelly Loftus, a spokeswoman for the state Agency of Agriculture, said immigration officials visited four farms on Thursday.

In an "emergency notice to all dairy farmers in the northeast," a Vermont...

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