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Closing Statements for Illegal Immigrant Charges
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. More Good Stuff |
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