Thread: Fargo:14 of ‘Cass 23’ plead guilty to charges

14 of ‘Cass 23’ plead guilty to charges
Patrick Springer, The Forum
Published Thursday, December 18, 2008

Pleas of different kinds crisscrossed Wednesday in the saga of 23 workers from India who have been jailed in Fargo on illegal immigration charges.

Two groups of the defendants, seven at a time, pleaded guilty to charge of possessing counterfeit documents that they used to obtain employment as welders and pipe fitters.

At the same time, supporters of the “Cass 23,â€

The typical liberal mentality "everyone is a victim" where people aren't held responsible for their actions even though they knowingly illegally entered the country using fraudulent documents (a felony) to illegally work as possibly unqualified welders and pipe fitters. Maybe they will work on bridges and other highway elements placing lives at risk. Obama and his reconquistadores will however see this as more cheap stimulus package labor.......

'Cass 23' case wraps up in North Dakota
Dec 24 2008 6:47AM
Associated Press
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FARGO, N.D. (AP) The last of 23 workers from India accused of being in the country illegally have been sentenced in North Dakota federal court, but not without objection from one of their lawyers.

The men all pleaded guilty to use of a counterfeit social security card and were sentenced to time already served. They were arrested in October after spending at least two months working on the construction of a Casselton ethanol plant.

James Hovey, an attorney for some of the defendants, said the charge should have been possession of a counterfeit social security card, not the use of one. He filed a motion asking U.S. District Judge Ralph Erickson to make the change.

The so-called "Cass 23" are now facing deportation hearings in Minneapolis. Supporters of the group say the men are victims of a human trafficking scheme and say they should be allowed to stay in the United States.

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