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Ex-owner admits he hired, harbored illegal immigrants New Bedford firm was raided in '07

Article from: The Boston Globe Article date: November 04, 2008 Author: Brian R Ballou

The former owner of a New Bedford leather goods company pleaded guilty yesterday to charges he hired and harbored illegal immigrants, capping a lengthy investigation by federal authorities who stormed the factory in early 2007, detaining most of the employees.

Francesco Insolia, 51, of Pembroke, accepted a prison term of 12 to 18 months and a fine of $30,000.

The company, Michael Bianco Inc., will have to pay nearly $2 million in fines and restitution for the overtime owed to workers. Insolia pleaded guilty to helping harbor and conceal illegal immigrants by allowing the company to submit ...

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595 Nabbed in Immigration Raid

Posted Aug 27, 08 3:17 AM CDT in US,  Business,  Crime & Courts 

595 Nabbed in Immigration Raid
Source: AP Photo/Hattiesburg American, Erin Parker

(Newser) – In the largest immigration raid in US history, federal agents have arrested 595 suspected illegal aliens at a Mississippi electronics factory. The detainees rounded up Monday included citizens of Peru, Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, Honduras, Brazil and Germany, reports Reuters.

Immigrant activists complained that the raid cast a chill on the town of Laurel and exacted a huge toll on workers. "If you have young children going to school, and they come home and find their parents gone, that is a major crisis," said the director of an immigrants' rights group. "People are very, very fearful."

Source: Reuters

More about:  illegal immigration • Immigration and Customs Enforcement • Agriprocessors Inc

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(Newser) - Kosher meat prices are skyrocketing after the Iowa packing plant that supplied about 60% of the US market declared bankruptcy, USA Today reports, in the wake of a May immigration raid. Agriprocessors, in trouble even before the raid, stopped operating last week. “Stores like mine are struggling all over,” said one deli owner, facing recent price hikes of 30%. More »

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Obama: No Exception
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He's concerned, but 'laws have to be
obeyed,' he tells Couric

Boston Globe Boston Globe Nov 3, 08 4:23 AM CST
(Newser) - If his aunt is violating immigration laws by living in the US illegally, "those laws have to be obeyed," Barack Obama declared yesterday. Obama made the remark during an interview last night with Katie Couric, during which he also expressed concern for his aunt Zeituni Onyango of Kenya, but said he hasn’t “been able to be in touch with her.” More »

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Lawyers: Dying Immigrant Denied Care in Custody

34-year-old man dies of cancer

New York Times New York Times Aug 13, 08 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hiu Lui “Jason” Ng was a New York computer engineer trying to get his green card when immigration officials arrested him last year, the New York Times reports. Last week he died of undiagnosed cancer after months of neglect in immigration detention centers. Ng complained of chronic back pain, and eventually became too weak to walk or stand, but officials refused to give him a wheelchair or medical examination, his lawyers say. More »

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