Fox News

Mississippi catfish farms settle suit claiming immigrants were paid more than Black workers

Two Mississippi catfish farms have settled a lawsuit alleging that they brought workers from Mexico to the U.S. and paid them significantly more than they previously paid local Black farmworkers for ...
The Grio

Catfish farms settle after Black locals allege Mexicans paid more; similar suit said white Africans also paid better

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two Mississippi catfish farms have settled a lawsuit alleging that they brought workers from Mexico to the U.S. and paid them significantly more than they previously paid local ...
The Hill

Farms settle suits on using immigrants over Black US workers

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two agriculture businesses in the Mississippi Delta and some Black farm workers have settled the workers’ lawsuits over claims the farms hired white laborers from South Africa ...
NBC DFW

Mississippi farms paid immigrants higher wages than Black US workers, feds say

Forty-four farms in Mississippi exploited local Black workers by paying higher wages to immigrants who were in the United States on temporary work visas, the U.S. Labor Department said Wednesday. The ...
The Washington Post

Once a Boon to Miss. Delta, Catfish Farms Facing Grim Future

MOORHEAD, Miss. -- -- MOORHEAD, Miss. -- Rick Moyer gazes at the sun-charred bottom of the pond next to his 600-acre catfish farm and shakes his head. Scrambling to stay solvent, Moyer has drained the ...