Thread: IA-Slaughterhouse official pleads guilty in immigration case

Slaughterhouse official pleads guilty in immigration case

April 13, 2009


DES MOINES, Iowa — A former human resources manager arrested after a massive immigration raid at an Iowa kosher slaughterhouse has pleaded guilty to federal immigration charges.


Elizabeth Billmeyer, of Postville, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to harbor undocumented aliens for profit and one count of knowingly accepting false resident alien cards.


The 48-year-old Billmeyer worked at the Agriprocessors Inc. plant in Postville. She faces up to 20 years in prison and a $500,000 fine. She remains free on bond.


Her sentencing date has not been set.


Federal agents arrested 389 people during a raid at the plant last May.



http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/20090 ... 8/1002/rss

I hope they were all deported.

Me too, they better have been. Every single one.

Updated April 13. 2009 11:34PM
Former Agriprocessors human resources manager pleads guilty
The Gazette

A former Agriprocessors human resource manager pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to harbor illegal immigrants for financial gain and knowingly accepting forged or counterfeit resident cards.

Elizabeth Billmeyer, 48, of Postville was charged with the two felony charges last month stemming from the May 12 immigration raid at Agriprocessors in Postville.

Billmeyer admitted in court during at least five years before the raid, two or more officials or employees at the plant agreed to harbor illegal immigrants and she voluntarily and intentionally joined in the agreement.

She also admitted to knowingly accepting resident cards that were forged or counterfeit.

A sentencing date hasn't been set for Billmeyer at this time. The maximum penalty for the two charges is 20 years in prison and a $500,000 fine.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Pete Deegan said based on the sentencing guidelines, Billmeyer faces a possible two and a half to three years in prison. The judge has the discretion to go up or down in the guidelines.
http://www.gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs. ... 49926/1006

US Border Patrol agents get sentenced to 10 and 12 years in prison, but the pond scum hiring illegal aliens, abusing them, hiring children, molesting them, cheating them on pay and over-time, cheating hundreds of American Workers out of employment they desperately need... is 2 to 3 years? They tried to send Ted Stevens to prison for the rest of his life for failing to report a loaned vibrating chair as a "gift'.

These US attorneys make me want to puke.