> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17368787/
>
> Managers plead guilty to hiring illegal workers
> Federal agents conducted sweeping raids at company sites 10 months ago
>
> Updated: 5:27 p.m. MT Feb 27, 2007
>
> ALBANY, N.Y. - Five former managers from a major crate and pallet
> manufacturer that employed illegal immigrants pleaded guilty Tuesday,
> 10
> months after federal agents staged sweeping raids at company sites in
> 26
> states.
>
> James Rice, 37, of Houston, an executive regional general manager of
> IFCO
> Systems, pleaded guilty to conspiring to employ illegal workers.
> Robert
> Belvin, 43, of Stuart, Fla., a former general manager of the Albany
> IFCO
> plant, pleaded guilty to two felony conspiracy charges.
>
> The two executives could face up to two years in prison and a $250,000
> fine, Assistant U.S. Attorney Tina Sciocchetti said.
>
> (snip)
>
> Three local plant officials, Dario Salzano, 36, of Amsterdam, N.Y.,
> Scott
> Dodge, 44, of Elmira, N.Y., and Michael Ames, 44, of Shrewsbury,
> Mass.,
> each pleaded guilty Tuesday to one misdemeanor.
>
> They could face up to six months in jail and $3,000 fines for each
> illegal alien employed, though they likely will get reduced terms
> because
> they cooperated, Sciocchetti said.
>
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>
> 2 years? 6 months? And i bet they don't serve any time at all. There
> should be a mandatory minimum here of 20 years. Hiring terrorists is
> a
> serious crime.
Where do terrorist come into the story ...
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