Thread: SC- 7 poultry workers in court on immigration charges

Posted on Thu, Jul. 24, 2008print email 7 poultry workers in court on immigration charges
The Associated Press

GREENVILLE, S.C. --Seven workers at a Greenville poultry plant pleaded not guilty Thursday to using fake Social Security numbers and counterfeit documents to break immigration laws.

The House of Raeford Farms workers were arraigned in federal court. Bail was denied after authorities said the workers were in the U.S. illegally.

The seven workers are among a group of employees who tried to skirt immigration laws by using invalid alien registration and Social Security numbers, or listed other people's numbers as their own, according to federal court documents.

The company didn't immediately return a phone message seeking comment.

Simon Gutierrez-Gomez, Juan Macias-Rodriguez, Juan Juarez-Suarez, Guadalupe Neri-Templos, Evaristo Merino-Vasquez, Federico Torres-Perez and Juan Roman Macias-Rodriguez each face four charges, including fraud and misuse of visas, Social Security numbers and identification documents.

The federal investigation wrapped up after The Charlotte Observer reported in February that 42 of 52 current and former Latino workers interviewed said they were in the U.S. illegally.

http://www.thestate.com/statewire/story/469918.html

American displayed workers were are they? Unemployed? Lost homes?
No food?

Did this employer require a TB test or innoculation record before these folks were allowed to handle the food supply?

Were their children required to present shot records when they were enrolled in schools?

Probably not.

The IA's who pled Not Guilty were probably coached by Pro IA's but it may backfire and they will be given longer prison sentences instead of a few mths. and deportation.