They should have taken everything from these guys, and they need to have their citizenship REVOKED!


Durham carpenters face prison time for using illegal workers

From staff reports




The owners of Durham carpentry business will spend time in federal prison for harboring illegal immigrant workers.

A federal judge sentenced Juan Antonio Lopez-Ponce and Jose Alfredo Lopez-Ponce on Monday. The Lopez brothers were accused of hiring smugglers to bring workers into the country illegally to work in their framing business, J&A Framers Inc., and pleaded guilty in April to charges of conspiring to harbor illegal aliens.

The brothers themselves came to the United States illegally in the 1980s, but gained permanent residency status after each married American citizens. They formed J&A Framing in the mid-1990s and by the mid-2000s were running a profitable business working for large home building companies, according to federal prosecutors.


With labor accounting for 80 percent or more of the company's business, the brothers employed mostly illegal aliens from Mexico, sometimes paying them less than minimum wage, according to prosecutors.

U.S. District Judge Louise Flanagan sentenced Juan Antonio Lopez to 37 months in prison, followed by 2 years of supervised release, and a $45,000 fine. Flanagan sentenced Jose Lopez to 26 months in prison, followed by 2 years of supervised release, and a $25,000 fine.


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