Closing Statements for Illegal Immigrant Charges
By
Ashley Hinson
Story Created:
May 8, 2008
Story Updated:
May 8, 2008
DES MOINES (AP) - An attorney for a union representative accused of protecting illegal immigrants working at a meatpacking plant in Marshalltown says that his client may have said some unlikeable things. But the lawyer told a jury during closing arguments yesterday that he wasn't guilty of any crimes.
Braulio Pereyra-Gabino was arrested by federal immigration officials in July of 2007. He faces charges of harboring illegal workers, false use of a Social Security number and aggravated identify theft.
His trial in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa started Monday.
Federal prosecutors contend that from June of 2003 until early last year, Pereyra-Gabino told undocumented workers how to escape
detection and protect their fake identities used to get jobs at the
Swift and Company plant in Marshalltown.
Thursday, May 8 at 4:28 PM James in DBQ wrote ...
Why would anyone want to leave Canada? The media presents it as utopia on Earth. Or, Heavan with out the religion.
Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 2:47 PM Anonymous wrote ...
There are OVER 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States. They use our health care system (for free) since its the law that hospitals cannot turn down anyone (including illegals) that come into the Emergency doors. Second, they use our school systems which in return slows down the learning process of our students due to broken english if any at all since we have to slow down and allow the illegals to comprehend what is going on. It's costing the US millions of dollars having them.
Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 11:56 AM Kevin wrote ...
Yes Adam, Nobody likes illegal mexicans because they speak spanish. Nobody complains about Canadians because they speak english. If you really think this you need to educate yourself. PS I don't care if more people speak spanish around the world or not-just don't speak it to me in our country where english is the language.
Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 10:43 AM Anonymous wrote ...
If you break the law it is wrong. Otherwise, why have laws? Doesn't matter if you're from south/north of the border or wherever. If everyone was to choose which law to follow and which one not to follow we'd end up like...well, we're already going there! The comment made about him doing nothing wrong sounds like the moral state of our culture...everyone decides for themselves what is right and wrong, and we now look like...we'll, we've been there for some time and are reaping the benefits!
Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 9:31 AM Adam wrote ...
These things always have racial undertones to them. Nobody gets upset about illegal Canadians here because the majority of them speak English. I am an Iowa native who also speaks Spanish, so i like to use it just to upset these "this is the USA, speak english' crowd. By the way, there are more Spanish speakers in the world than English.
Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 9:07 AM just some guy wrote ...
yes theres nothing wrong with smuggling illegals into this country, having them work under the table for less than a normal worker should. Than teach them how to break the law and keep from getting caught. No less helping the company and himself get richer by cutting corners. Also keeping a cycle of groups that are more harmful to immigrants, the USA and other countries up and running that profit off smuggling of people. So yea he wasn't doing anything wrong at all.....
Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 8:43 AM Anonymous wrote ...
DEPORT ALL ILLEGALS AND BRING BACK OUR TROOPS FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD TO GUARD THE BORDER. IF PEOPLE WANT TO IMMIGRATE THEY NEED TO DO IT THE LEGAL WAY!
Flag for moderationThursday, May 8 at 6:36 AM eulalia salazar wrote ...
i dont think he was doing anything worng cause look at all the homless people that we have in the untied states that could go to work and do better for their selfs but they dont and thats why illgely people come here to work.they just do the jobs that nobody wants to.there are more hispanics there than theres whites there! i know i have worked there,and when we got white people there the never lasted that long!
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