Thread: Miss. man faces sentencing for hiring illegals

Wednesday, Mar. 31, 2010

Miss. man faces sentencing for hiring illegals

HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- The man who hired hundreds of illegal immigrants for one of Mississippi's most successful private companies faces sentencing Wednesday related to the biggest single workplace raid in U.S. history.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials detained about 600 illegal immigrants at Howard Industries' electrical transformer plant in Laurel in August 2008.

Jose Humberto Gonzalez, Howard's former human resources manager, pleaded guilty in December to conspiracy. He faces up to five years.

Several illegal workers were convicted of identity theft. Hundreds were deported. Gonzalez, however, was the only company official charged.

He admitted hiring workers "regardless of concerns about their lawful status."

http://www.sunherald.com/2010/03/31/206 ... g-for.html

Sounds like he is a closet racist who refuses to hire asian, indian, middle eastern, white or black workers...

Quote:
"Jose Humberto Gonzalez, Howard's former human resources manager, pleaded guilty in December to conspiracy. He faces up to five years.

"...Gonzalez, however, was the only company official charged."

Reply:
Apparently Mr. Gonzalez, who is Hispanic and who was placed in charge of hiring and firing for the company, is being made the "fall guy" for the entire company management in this. This has been true of each of the companies I have read about which have been raided in the last several years; one to several usually Hispanic "middle management" people are sentenced to serve jail time, while owners and others in mangement go free. This is truly unfortunate.