Thursday, June 03, 2010

Deal Near on Decade-long Hispanic Farmers' Discrimination Case

These lawsuits are finally being settled. Black and Hispanic farmers were discriminated against and will get a settlement. - - Donna Poisl

by Robert Rodriguez

After a decade of waiting, thousands of Hispanic farmers may be close to settling their long-standing discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

This week, the Obama administration offered $1.3 billion to settle complaints from female and Hispanic farmers who say they were denied loans, discouraged from applying for federal assistance or ignored.

The proposal comes as Congress is set to approve a $1.25 billion settlement with black farmers in a similar discrimination case that already has paid out nearly $1 billion in damages on almost 16,000 claims.
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