MASS ARREST OF CARPENTERS AT IDAHO TRUSS

[Omaha Steve]

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Posted in Uncategorized by gangbox on the January 9, 2009

from the IDAHO STATESMAN:

Feds: Men admit forging citizenship papers
16 men were charged in a Dec. 4 raid at a Nampa-area business; the remaining 3 await a jury trial.


BY PATRICK ORR - [e-mail]
Edition Date: 12/16/08

Thirteen of the 16 men arrested earlier this month for being in the U.S. illegally and working at a Nampa-area wood framing business have admitted to forging citizenship documents, federal officials say.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say all 16 men formerly employed by Idaho Truss are from Mexico. ICE has accused them with multiple federal crimes, including possession of counterfeit alien registration receipt cards, misuse of Social Security numbers, and illegal entry or re-entry after deportation.

The raid at Idaho Truss occurred Dec. 4, and all 16 men were taken into custody that day. They were later indicted by a federal grand jury. ICE officials say 13 of those men have already entered guilty pleas.

Idaho Truss & Component Co. President Kendall Hoyd said earlier this month he was shocked to learn that 16 of his employees were suspected of working illegally. The Idaho Community Action Network and Catholic Charities of Idaho have denounced the raid, saying it likely was tearing families apart.

According to ICE reports, the Dec. 4 raid was part of a yearlong investigation that began with a review of the employment records of workers building military housing at the Mountain Home Air Force Base.

Investigators say they have evidence the workers may have used fake Social Security numbers and other counterfeit identification like fraudulent green cards to get their jobs, ICE spokeswoman Lorie Dankers said.

Those ICE says those who have pleaded guilty are: Rafael Castillo-Tellez, 28; Antonio M. Garcia-Gomez, 32; Hilario Leyva-Guzman, 31; Juan Sergio Juarez-Contreras, 25; Juan Vidal Lopez-Zaragosa, 36; Juan Martinez-Gonzalez, 39; Juan Manuel Miramontes-Garcia, 25; Rafael Quezada Bejar, 30; Humberto Quinteros, 24; Hubaldo Gorgonio Rojas, 22; Rodrigo Salinas-Cervantes, 33; Julio Vargas-Ortiz, 27; and Santos Lopez-Serratos, 36.

The three other men arrested - Miguel Zamora-Urena, 40; Juan Manuel Diaz-Juarez, 36; and Gregorio Villareal Ruiz, 36 - are scheduled to begin a jury trial Feb. 10.

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[Deja Q]

1. Can't Truss This

Bass in your face
Not an eight track
Gettin' it good to the wood
So the people
Give you some a dat
Reactin' to the fax
That I kick and it stick
And it stay around
Pointin' to the joint put the Buddha down
Goin' goin' gettin' to the roots
Ain't givin' it up
So turn me loose
But then again I got a story
That's harder than the hardcore
Cost of the holocaust
I'm talin' 'bout the one still goin' on
I know
Where I'm from, not dum diddie dum
From the base motherland
The place of the drum
Invaded by the wack diddie wack
Fooled the black, left us faded
King and chief probably had a big beef
Because of dat now I grit my teeth
So here's a song to the strong
'Bout a shake of a snake
And the smile went along wit dat
Can't truss it
Kickin' wicked rhymes
Like a fortune teller
'Cause the wickedness done by Jack
Where everybody at
Divided and sold
For liquor and the gold
Smacked in the back
For the other man to mack
Now the story that I'm kickin' is gory
Little Rock where they be
Dockin' this boat
No hope I'm shackled
Plus gang tackled
By the other hand swingin' the rope
Wearin' red, white and blue Jack and his crew
The guy's authorized beat down for the brown
Man to the man, each one so it teach one
Born to terrorize sisters and every brother
One love who said it
I know Whodini sang it
But the hater taught hate
That's why we gang bang it
Beware of the hand
When it's comin' from the left
I ain't trippin' just watch ya step
Can't truss it
An I judge everyone, one by the one
Look here come the judge
Watch it here he come now
I can only guess what's happ'nin'
Years ago he woulda been
The ships captain
Gettin' me bruised on a cruise
What I got to lose, lost all contact
Got me layin' on my back
Rollin' in my own leftover
When I roll over, I roll over in somebody else's
90 F--kin' days on a slave ship
Count 'em fallin' off 2, 3, 4 hun'ed at a time
Blood in the wood and it's mine
I'm chokin' on spit feelin' pain
Like my brain bein' chained
Still gotta give it what I got
But it's hot in the day, cold in the night
But I thrive to survive, I pray to god to stay alive
Attitude boils up inside
And that ain't it (think I'll every quit)
Still I pray to get my hands 'round
The neck of the man wit' the whip
3 months pass, they brand a label on my ass
To signify
Owned
I'm on the microphone
Sayin' 1555
How I'm livin'
We been livin' here
Livin' ain't the word
I been givin'
Haven't got
Classify us in the have-nots
Fightin' haves
'Cause it's all about money
When it comes to Armageddon
Mean I'm getting mine
Here I am turn it over Sam
427 to the year
Do you understand
That's why it's hard
For the black to love the land
Once again
Bass in your face
Not an eight track
Gettin' it good to the wood
So the people
Give you some a dat
Reactin' to the fax
That I kick and it stick
And it stay around
Pointin' to the joint, put the Buddha down
Goin', goin', gettin' to the roots
Ain't givin' it up
So turn me loose
But then again I got a story
That's harder than the hardcore
Cost of the holocaust
I'm talin' 'bout the one still goin' on
I know
Where I'm from, not dum diddie dum
From the base motherland
The place of the drum
Invaded by the wack diddie wack
Fooled the black, left us faded
King and chief probably had a big beef
Because of dat now I grit my teeth
So here's a song to the strong
'Bout a shake of a snake
And the smile went along wit dat
Can't truss it

[Vanje]

4. What....

What in the fuck are you talking about?

[Cleita]

2. Most of them probably can't even read the forged documents. They are

at the mercy of the forgers who sell them the documents telling them it will get them work. Maybe the company itself bought the documents for them. I have known it to happen before in Los Angeles when I worked for restaurants.

[Supply Side Jesus]

3. It use to be easy to get Kansas ID's

Every migrant worker was form Kansas all of a sudden for a while there. Kansas finally closed the loop hole.

[angrycarpenter]

5. Everyone who hires mexicans who barely

speak english knows that there is a strong possibility that they are illegals. I am sure the people who hired them played the shocked act to the hilt. How am I supposed to feel about this mess? Cheap mexican labor has made my lifelong profession a losing proposition. Instead of hating Mexicans I will save my ire for the bastards who want cheap slave labor.

[Mika]

7. The corporate push of labor downwards isn't working for any working class. n/t

[Pab Sungenis]

6. Want to stop illegal immigration?

Hit the employer.

First violation: $500,000.00 fine.

Second violation: $1,000,000.00 fine.

Third violation: Revocation of business license or incorporation, and $5,000,000.00 fine.