Posted on 03/29/2007 5:54:01 AM PDT by PDR
SAN DIEGO - Two executives at a company that once helped build a fence to keep illegal immigrants from crossing the Mexican border were sentenced Wednesday to six months of home confinement for hiring undocumented workers.
Mel Kay, founder, chairman and president of Golden State Fence Co., and manager Michael McLaughlin had pleaded guilty in federal court to knowingly hiring illegal aliens. U.S. District Judge Barry Ted Moskowitz ordered each to serve 1,040 hours of community service and spend three years on probation.
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As part of the punishment for being caught over here illegally, the 'immigrants' should be force to spend 6 months building the fence before being deported.
PING!
Any thing to stop the fence.
How much fence can be built with a year's labor?
1040 hours of "community preservation service".
I'm ok with it....as long as they were still on the South side when yhey were done!
6 mnths home confinement. What a joke!!!!!
Guess we are to be thankful they sentenced them to anything at all instead of giving them a medal.
"Paid Social Security"...notice income tax wasn't mentioned? My sister transposed one digital on her tax filings two years ago. The IRS caught the error without problem.
$50K job no American wants.
Who did they build the fence for?
In addition to probation, both men were sentenced to a period of home detention, 1,040 hours of community service and to pay fines of $200,000 and $100,000 respectively for the hiring of undocumented workers.
"We are grateful that the judge chose probationary sentences rather than incarceration. Mel and Mike are hard working men who have worked all their lives to make a better life for themselves and the people around them," said Executive Vice President Gary Hansen. "Their acts were not egregious, nor were they exploitive to the undocumented workers. We believe the court recognized the strength of their character when making its decision.
"We would also like to thank our customers and members of the community who supported the Company during this challenging time."
In explaining his decision not to impose the maximum sentence of five years, the Honorable Judge Moskowitz said, "A company that pays top dollar and did not get a competitive advantage, should receive different treatment. The Court cannot ignore the background of hard working people who treated others fairly. Contrary to the vast majority of people who hire illegal immigrants, there was no abuse [here]."
Judge Moskowitz also stated that Golden State Fence had devised an A-plus system for dealing with the situation by creating a model that other companies should follow to avoid hiring illegal immigrants.
The Company noted that the A-plus system cited by Judge Moskowitz referred to the corporate immigration compliance program that Golden State has voluntarily participated in since December 2005. The Basic Employment Verification Pilot program is run by Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE), through which newly hired employees are screened by the government to help verify their legal immigration status. Its participation in this program has allowed the Company to lead its industry in combating the hiring of illegal immigrants. Golden State Fence encourages other companies in the fencing business to also participate in this government program.
About Golden State Fence
Based in Riverside, California, Golden State Fence Company is one of the nation's leading fence design and installation companies, with over 25 years of experience.
Following a "take care of the customer" philosophy, Golden State Fence offers architectural presentations, fence details, value engineering and installation, to provide any style, size or design of fence available. Golden State Fence has eight locations -- Riverside, Oceanside, Anaheim, Palmdale, Santa Paula, Brawley, Menifee and Bakersfield.
Source: Golden State Fence Company
You're not nearly as good of a propagandist as your boss Sun Myung.
You have something against the Washington Times? LOL.
They should ahve to do hard time.
The fact that they're a Moonie rag and have printed full-page ads about that nut being the messiah and claiming that he had a meeting with Jesus and other religious leaders in which Jesus said...
1. We resolve and proclaim that God is the Parent of all humankind.
2. We resolve and proclaim that Reverend Sun Myung Moon is the Savior, Messiah, Second Coming and True Parent of all humanity.
3. We resolve and proclaim that the Unification Principle is a message of peace for the salvation of humanity and the gospel for the Completed Testament Age.
4. We resolve and proclaim that we will accomplish the peaceful unification of the cosmos through “living for others” while transcending religion, nationality and race, centering on true love.
5. The representatives of the five great religions resolve and proclaim that we will harmonize with one another, unite and move forward, in order to bring about the nation of God and world peace, while attending True Parents.
...Yeah, I do have a "problem" with them. So much so that when I was in DC for Bush's inauguration, I had to hold my nose and buy a copy of the Post rather than enrich that scumbag by one cent.
1. I believe AP stories must be exerpted... if I am wrong on that, I apologize.
2. I told registered elsewhere that I did not know but htta I had the company statement and posted it.
3. As regards my place of employment, you do not know what the [explicative deleted] you are talking about.
The multiple levels of irony would be funny, if this weren’t so sad. Of the many failings of the Bush administration, lacking the willingness to tackle the critical issue of illegal immigration stands close to the top.
http://blogs.venturacountystar.com/vcs/scottharris/2007/01/golden_state_fence_co.html
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