Article: `Guest workers' won't do

`Guest workers' won't do

By JOHN BALZAR

Wednesday, September 5, 2001

I was a young reporter dispatched to cover the shocking discovery of a mass grave in northern California. That was a quarter-century ago, and there was a momentary gasp in the land. Word spread about a mass killer.

Then the truth emerged, and people lost interest. Turned out that the bodies were of Chinese workers dating back to the 19th century. Most likely, these immigrant laborers had been summoned for payday, which occurred every six months or so. They were told to dig a pit. Then they were massacred to keep business expenses down.

Pardon me for being melodramatic, but this old nightmare leaps to mind when I hear about ...

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