Thread: SD: Restaurant owner avoids prison time in immigrant case

Restaurant owner avoids prison time in immigrant case...

Jun 25 2007 4:33PM
Associated Press
Restaurant owner avoids prison time in immigrant case

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) The owner of a Sioux Falls restaurant was fined 15-thousand dollars today and ordered to perform community service for hiring illegal immigrants and paying them in cash to cover up their illegal status.

Julio Espino had pleaded guilty earlier.

A federal judge also ordered four years of supervised probation and six months of house arrest for Espino.

Last month, the manager of the restaurant was fined three-thousand dollars and placed on four years' probation after pleading guilty to recruiting illegal aliens for employment.

(from KELO TV) (Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) APNP 06-25-07 1624CDT

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take the profits and use to build the fence.