Katherine Fennelly

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• Minnesotans less tolerant of immigrants, according to study

  MPR’s Brandt Williams reports on a Minnesota Community Project study regarding Minnesotan’s attitudes on immigrants. The majority of the people involved in the study expressed favorable attitudes toward immigration. However, the authors say they're particularly dismayed over data showing a streak of hostility toward immigrants - especially by people living in the outer ring suburbs. The study's authors say those attitudes go against Minnesota's tradition of tolerance and acceptance of newcomers.

  Dec. 13, 2004Save
• Poll shows some Minnesotans think immigrants sap resources

  MPR’s Toni Randoplh looks into a Minnesota Public Radio-Pioneer Press poll that shows many state residents believe that the cost of helping immigrants get established here outweighs their contribution.

  Sep. 23, 2004Save
• A group of mostly-immigrant workers at a meat-packing plant in Buffalo Lake turned down a chance to unionize today

  A group of mostly-immigrant workers at a meat-packing plant in Buffalo Lake turned down a chance to unionize today. Union organizers charge some workers at the Minnesota Beef Industries plant were threatened or intimidated into not voting to unionize. Minnesota Beef would not comment on the matter. An increasingly large immigrant labor force is changing the way Minnesota's meat-packing plants do business -- and the wages they're willing to pay. Katherine Fennelly (FENN-a-lee) is a professor specializing in immigration and public policy at the Humphrey Institute at the University of Minnesota. She says immigrants are doing work that others won't.

  May. 5, 2004Save