link to image*There is a saying in Spanish when a person finally figures something out - "se le prendio el foco" --- the light bulb went on ....
ICE is finally beginning to figure things out -- maybe they are realizing they look pretty bad when they arrest hundreds of undocumented workers at a plant but don't touch the owners or supervisors.
Arresting supervisors is a start - but don't you think the owners knew all along what was happening? Why haven't they been called accountable for their actions?
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Immigration Charges for Meatpacking Managers
Washington Post
Saturday, July 5, 2008; Page A16
Immigration Charges for Meatpacking Managers
DES MOINES -- Two supervisors at an Iowa meatpacking plant that was raided by immigration agents in May were arrested and charged with encouraging people to live in the United States illegally.
Juan Carlos Guerrero-Espinoza, 35, and Martin De La Rosa-Loera, 43, were also charged Thursday with aiding and abetting the possession and use of fraudulent identification. Guerrero-Espinoza was charged with aiding and abetting aggravated identity theft.
Federal immigration officials raided Agriprocessors, the nation's largest kosher meatpacking plant, on May 12. Nearly 400 workers were detained and dozens of fraudulent permanent-resident alien cards were seized from the plant's human resources department, court records said. Critics have asked federal officials why no top executives at the plant had been arrested, even though more than a third of the plant's employees faced immigration charges...
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*I was looking for a compact florescent that was lit up - but couldn't find one. You know of course that florescents are the way to go these days, now that Global Warming is upon us.
2 comments:
They still don't go after the ones who are really well off with deep pockets. I know they went after Action Rags cuz those employers were also illegal at the Shipley Plant///But we should see which employers are fined and their backgrounds...I am sure most of them are still not your elite business-people.
to lal
I totally agree with you. It is interesting that ICE and DHS can say that the raids are about enforcing the law - while they look the other way when the higher ups are around.
How blatant can they be?
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