Thread: Sierra Vista firm's illegal hiring trial set

Sierra Vista firm's illegal hiring trial set

September 15, 2011

Associated Press

A judge set an Oct. 25 trial date for a Sierra Vista drywall company owner accused of knowingly hiring illegal immigrants.

U.S. District Judge Raner Collins reset the trial date for company owner Ivan Hardt and employee Santiago Trejo-Ramirez.

Their trial had been scheduled for May 25.

Hardt’s company was raided in March 2007 by immigration agents who alleged the business underreported its number of employees to federal inspectors and that some workers were found to have fraudulent work documents.

The company’s management was constantly on the lookout for undercover agents and that the firm’s president and one of its foremen used two-way radios to communicate about the whereabouts of immigration agents, authorities say.

Hardt and Trejo-Ramirez have pleaded not-guilty to the charges.

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I heard about this on the radio this morning.

My Jaw dropped when I heard this raid took place in 2007 and hadn't gone to trial yet!

We have older articles related to this:

Mar 2007
Immigration raid underway in AZ
http://www.alipac.us/ftopicp-312447.html#312447

Mar 2007
7 held in crackdown on hiring of entrants
http://www.alipac.us/ftopicp-312833.html#312833

June 2007
2nd defendant gets plea deal from attorney general in Sun Drywall case
http://www.alipac.us/ftopicp-375690.html#375690

Jan 2008
Mexican man accused of forging identification cards
http://www.alipac.us/ftopicp-598007.html#598007

June 2008
Sierra Vista woman pleads guilty to hiring illegals
http://www.alipac.us/ftopicp-711029.html#711029

June 2008
HR manager pleads guilty in SV illegal-immigrant hiring case
http://www.alipac.us/ftopicp-711417.html#711417