Farm union says bird flu undercounted among Yakima Valley dairy workers

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The United Farm Workers union says bird flu is undercounted among dairy workers in Yakima Valley, Washington, because many workers are not tested and fear arrest by immigration agents. Telegraph reports the union’s claim that some dairy workers have severe symptoms and are not being tested. Newsweek reports that an outbreak in Yakima County has killed at least one person and potentially infected many more. The union also accuses ICE officers of roving arrests of farm workers. Newsweek cites a Freedom of Information Act request showing ICE officers arrested 2,500 people in Washington state between March and August. Newsweek says it contacted ICE and the Yakima County Health Board for comment.

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The United Farm Workers union says many more dairy workers are infected with H5N1 than reported, and many are not tested.
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The Telegraph
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The Daily Caller
A bird flu outbreak in Yakima County has killed at least one person and potentially infected many more.
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The union says workers fear arrest by immigration agents and may not report infections.
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A Freedom of Information Act request shows ICE officers arrested 2,500 people in Washington state between March and August.
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Newsweek reports that 445 people were arrested in Yakima County over the past three months, many of them reported to be dairy farm workers.
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All three outlets report a farm union’s claim that bird flu infections among Yakima Valley dairy workers are undercounted. Newsweek centers on the union’s serial killers comparison and ICE arrest figures, while the right-side outlets tie the undercount to workers’ fear of immigration enforcement.

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Newsweek’s headline leads with the union’s comparison of ICE to serial killers, framing the story as an enforcement controversy tied to the bird flu outbreak.
ICE Compared to 'Dehumanizing label“Serial Killers”Likens federal immigration officers to serial killers, a criminal label applied through a union leader’s comparison rather than established facts.More neutral: officers who detain farm workersThese are United Farm Workers’s words. The outlet is reporting them.Disagree with this highlight?' by Farm Union
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The Daily Caller, rated Far Right, leads with immigration status and fear of ICE, while the Telegraph, rated Right, reports only the union’s undercount claim as a health story.
Blue State Dehumanizing label“Illegals”Reduces immigrant workers to a status-based criminal label instead of describing them neutrally.More neutral: immigrant workers without legal statusDisagree with this highlight? Don’t Want To Report Bird Flu Infections For Fear Of Being Arrested By ICE, Union Claims
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running rampantMore neutral: are increasing
Uses dramatic language to describe the bird flu cases, beyond what the reported figures establish.
Bird flu cases are running rampant through Washington State — in part because illegal immigrant dairy farm workers…
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IllegalsMore neutral: immigrant workers without legal status
Reduces immigrant workers to a status-based criminal label instead of describing them neutrally.
Blue State Illegals Don’t Want To Report Bird Flu Infections For Fear Of Being Arrested By ICE, Union…
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preying onMore neutral: targeting
Describes officers as predators of workers, adding a judgement beyond the reported arrests.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Washington state are preying on vulnerable farm workers and snatching them off the street like “serial killers,” a…
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ICE Compared to 'Serial Killers' by Farm Union
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bird flu outbreak and deaths

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ICE Compared to 'Dehumanizing label“Serial Killers”Likens federal immigration officers to serial killers, a criminal label applied through a union leader’s comparison rather than established facts.More neutral: officers who detain farm workersThese are United Farm Workers’s words. The outlet is reporting them.Disagree with this highlight?' by Farm Union
ICE has been accused of exacerbating an outbreak of bird flu by stopping infected immigrant workers from seeking treatment.
19 hr agoRead at Newsweek (opens in a new tab)

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illegal immigrant workers
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bird flu undercount
union’s claims

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FOIA data on 2,500 ICE arrests in Washington state

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The Daily CallerFar Right
Blue State Dehumanizing label“Illegals”Reduces immigrant workers to a status-based criminal label instead of describing them neutrally.More neutral: immigrant workers without legal statusDisagree with this highlight? Don’t Want To Report Bird Flu Infections For Fear Of Being Arrested By ICE, Union Claims
‘understandably reluctant to proactively engage’
20 hr agoRead at The Daily Caller (opens in a new tab)
The TelegraphRight
Many more cattle ranch workers infected with H5N1 than reported, says US farming union
The organisation says dairy workers are not being tested and some have very severe symptoms consistent with bird flu
1 day agoRead at The Telegraph (opens in a new tab)

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Its first report, Nov 12, 1:58 PM EST
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