Thread: NC: Undocumented immigrants appear in federal court

Thursday, February 17, 2011

News / North Carolina

Undocumented immigrants appear in federal court

Posted by Rebekah L. Cowell on Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:57 AM

Ten undocumented immigrants who had been arrested during several workplace raids in the Triangle appeared in federal court in New Bern yesterday.

Employees of Durham-based J&A Framers—Rafael Garcia-Tiscareno, Jose Guadalupe Rodriguez, Victorino Gutierrez-Licona, Lucio Huerta-Ponce, Luis Humberto Huerta-Ponce, Luis Raul Huerta-Ponce, Juan Manuel Martinze Rodriguez, Jorge Alberto Ruiz-Ponce, Flavio Martinez-Andres and Olegario Ortega-Solis were arrested in November by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Cary, Apex and Chapel Hill.

The defendants pleaded guilty of entering the United States illegally; two of the defendants pleaded guilty to reentering the United States after previous deportations.

U.S. Magistrate Judge David W. Daniel presided over the hearing because Chief District Judge Louise W. Flanagan was absent. However, Daniel doesn't have the authority to make the final sentence ruling, so the 10 employees remain jailed. They could serve an additional 90 days before a sentence is handed down.

Mason asked the court to expedite the sentencing of her clients. “If that request is denied, the sentencing will likely be set for the May term of court,â€

Releasing these people on bond just gives them the opportunity to leave the state and go to another state to land a job. they should be deported "ASAP" with no questions asked and for those who re-enter after being deported, they should be given at least 5yrs in prison. they know that the federal government is not serious about enforcing our immigration laws and, that is why they re-enter the country after being deported. we need someone like IKE because Obama is a wuss.

[quote]“This case is an illustration of the widespread desire to punish individuals who come to the United States illegally to work and provide for their families,â€