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Post by jeffolie on May 24, 2008 17:27:20 GMT -6
270 Illegals sent to jail and quickly 270 illegal immigrants were sentenced this week to five months in prison for working at a meatpacking plant with false documents. Until now, unauthorized workers have generally been detained by immigration officials for civil violations and rapidly deported. Defense lawyers, who were appointed by the court, said most of the immigrants were ready to accept the plea deals because of the hard bargain driven by the prosecutors. The immigration lawyers, Judge Reade said, “do not understand the federal criminal process as it relates to immigration charges.” If the immigrants did not plead guilty, Mr. Dummermuth said he would try them on felony identity theft charges that carry a mandatory two-year minimum jail sentence. In many cases, court documents show, the immigrants were working under real Social Security numbers or immigration visas, known as green cards, that belonged to other people. www.nytimes.com/2008/05/24/us/24immig.html?ex=1369368000&en=ec79426d2176a209&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink270 Illegals sent to jail and quickly
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Post by graybeard on May 25, 2008 17:43:51 GMT -6
Great!
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Post by judes on May 25, 2008 22:40:54 GMT -6
And what of the employers who employed these illegals? They should also be in jail, even more so than the illegal immigrant workers.
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Post by unlawflcombatnt on May 26, 2008 3:11:46 GMT -6
And what of the employers who employed these illegals? They should also be in jail, even more so than the illegal immigrant workers. I'm with you on that. It sounds like the employers may still be prosecuted in this case. The following passage was encouraging: " No charges have been brought against managers or owners at Agriprocessors, but there were indications that prosecutors were also preparing a case against the company. In pleading guilty, immigrants had to agree to cooperate with any investigation. " Surely it's occurring to Immigration and Homeland Security that it's more efficacious to prosecute 1 employer for illegal hiring, than to prosecute 270 (297) illegal immigrants themselves.
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Post by graybeard on May 26, 2008 5:38:03 GMT -6
You have to attack all aspects of the problem: identity theft, hiring illegals, transporting illegals, entering the US illegally, overstaying visas, etc.
Last I read, Commie China refused to take back their illegal aliens. The US govt should bill them for housing their citizens in a third country, at $100K/yr each, and collect it as a $1 Million tariff on every ship entering our ports with their products.
GB
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Post by unlawflcombatnt on May 27, 2008 20:03:23 GMT -6
The US govt should...collect it as a $1 Million tariff on every ship entering our ports with their products. GB Great idea. Graybeard, I want to cast my vote right now for you to be our next US Trade Representative.
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