Thread: Some Arrested Workers Back at Iowa Slaughterhouse

Posted at: 03/03/2009 3:32 PM
Some Arrested Workers Back at Iowa Slaughterhouse

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Twenty-five material witnesses who could be called to testify in a federal case against former managers of a kosher slaughterhouse have been released from electronic monitoring.

A handful have apparently returned to work at the Agriprocessors plant in Postville.

The plant was the site of a May 12 immigration raid in which 389 people were arrested. Most were from Guatemala and Mexico.

U.S. attorneys officials say all but one of the 25 material witnesses were convicted of felonies. Twenty-three of them have received work authorization from the courts.

An Agriprocessors spokesman and attorney who represents some of the witnesses say a handful have returned to work at the plant.

Trial in the case is scheduled for September.

http://kaaltv.com/article/stories/S8144 ... ?cat=10218

U.S. attorneys officials say all but one of the 25 material witnesses were convicted of felonies. Twenty-three of them have received work authorization from the courts.

What? Material witnesses convicted of felonies turned loose in society? Am I losing my mind? What American judicial system? It only seems to be judicial against legal Americans, while felons from other countries do what ever the crap they please.

CONVICTED FELONS!!!! AND NOT IN PRISON? BUT ABLE TO TO RETURN TO WORK? WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?

what in the hell??? letting these people stay in the country and allowing them to work, too

authorized from the court to work????

What good are raids if these people are allowed to stay in the country

Just what kind of court system overrides the law? That whole court is guilty of aiding and abetting ILLEGAL ALIENS!