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SHOW OF FARCE
Making Iowa a place for immigrants to avoid amid an ongoing labor shortage and eased restrictions against child labor. What could go wrong?
Michael Daly is a special correspondent with The Daily Beast. He was previously a columnist with the New York Daily News and a staff writer with New York magazine. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 2002 and has received numerous awards. He is the author of Under Ground and The Book of Mychal. His third book, Topsy, was released in 2013.
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