this really sums it up about the new illegals" he even says he wanted a nice life but didn't want to play by the rules. I hope they have "fun" with him in prison


SPRINGFIELD (AP) — A former owner of a Springfield-area Chinese restaurant has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for housing and employing more than two dozen undocumented workers.

Xian Xi Ye appeared in court Monday through video conference from a South Carolina prison hospital where he has been treated for an undisclosed condition. The 41-year-old, who also is in the country illegally, was fined $2,500.

Attorney Scott Sabin had asked the court to take into account his client’s illness and the fact that he has been separated for 16 months from his wife and four children, ages 2 through 7. Sabin also argued that additional prison time would hurt the family because Xi Ye was the predominant wage earner.

Sabin said Xi Ye just wanted to have a nice life, but “he didn’t want to play by the rules.â€