According to a new report by The Nation, Lou Dobbs has employed undocumented workers. Report: Dobbs hired illegal immigrants

Former CNN host Lou Dobbs, long one of the harshest voices against illegal immigration, has for years employed undocumented workers, according to a report by The Nation.

The liberal magazine reports that “Dobbs has relied for years on undocumented labor for the upkeep of his multimillion-dollar estates and the horses he keeps for his 22-year-old daughter, Hillary, a champion show jumper.”


The Nation says it spoke to five undocumented workers who say they once were employed by Dobbs.

A workers who said he tended the stable for Dobbs told The Nation he received $500 a week for typically 65 hours of work. Other workers reported similar low pay for long hours, and all said that they were undocumented, The Nation said.

Dobbs still frequently rails against illegal immigration on his radio show and was notorious for anti-illegal-immigration rhetoric on his CNN program — including floating a theory that H1N1 had been carried to the United States by illegal immigrants.

A Dobbs spokesman told The Nation that he would not comment on the story, and he did not immediately respond to a request for comment from POLITICO.