NM Gov. Bill Richardson Gave $500K to Employer of ILLEGALS

State Helped Roswell Co. Accused Of Using Illegals: Firm’s exec was under indictment when tax deal was made

(Albuquerque Journal (NM) (KRT) Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Apr. 20–

Gov. Bill Richardson and Republican Rep. Dan Foley announced a plan in February giving Dean Baldwin Painting of Roswell extra time to pay a state tax bill of more than $500,000.

It was all in the name of saving jobs at one of Roswell’s biggest employers, which paints aircraft, including U.S. military planes.

But federal documents allege that nearly 50 of those jobs in recent years have gone to illegal immigrants from Mexico and Central America.

Prosecutors allege that the immigrants were “preyedâ€