Burning Atlanta

Now that he's been found guilty I don't have to say "alleged dirtbag," he is a proven dirtbag.

Prison would be good for him

A former union representative who helped illegal workers get jobs at a Swift & Co. meatpacking plant in Marshalltown was found guilty of federal immigration charges today.

A jury found Braulio Pereyra-Gabino guilty of harboring illegal immigrants but acquitted him on other charges that included false use of a Social Security number and aggravated identity theft.

He faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Pereyra-Gabino was working as vice president of Local 1149 of the United Food and Commercial Workers union when he was arrested by federal immigration officials in July 2007.

Prosecutors contend that he told undocumented workers how to escape detection and protect their fake identities used to get jobs at the Marshalltown plant.

Pereyra-Gabino was also accused of filling out a job application at Swift for his nephew in December 2005, and providing the company with a Social Security number issued to another man, Mohammed Carrasquillo. Prosecutors called Carrasquillo, who testified that he never filed an application at Swift or worked there.
A handwriting expert testified that the application was likely filled out by Pereyra-Gabino.

Another Swift & Co. worker pleaded guilty earlier this year to harboring an illegal immigrant.