Luis Gutierrez demagogues Agriprocessors raid, accuses DOJ of lying (Joe Baca, Albio Sires, Jens Manuel Krogstad)

Posted Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 6:44 pm
Jens Manuel Krogstad of the Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier offers the inaccurate "Hispanic congressmen gather information in Postville" (link), informing us that Reps. Luis Gutierrez, Joe Baca, and Albio Sires visited that city for a meeting at St. Bridget’s Catholic Church to discuss the Agriprocessors raid.

We're told that Baca "wiped tears from his eyes" as he heard tales from relatives of those involved in the raid.

Then, we get to the inaccurate part:
In an unprecedented move by the Department of Justice and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, more than 300 of the 390 people arrested in the raid were convicted of aggravated criminal identity theft under a plea deal.

During congressional testimony on Thursday, the plea deal was criticized as so coercive that it violated the due process rights of the immigrant workers.

An aggravated identity theft charge usually requires a person to knowingly steal someone else's identity, or intent to use a person's identity for personal gain, such as to run up credit.

Gutierrez argued the immigrants, many of them illiterate, could not have been guilty of the crime.
Actually, many were just charged with "aggravated criminal identity theft", but they were given the choice of going to court on it or pleading to lesser offenses, and all or almost all took the latter route. The pleas involved "false identification to obtain employment", "false use of social security number", etc. and are listed on these pages:

usdoj.gov/usao/ian/press/June_08/6_10_08_Postville.html
usdoj.gov/usao/ian/press/May_08/5_20_08_Agriprocessors.html
usdoj.gov/usao/ian/press/May_08/5_22_08_Agriprocessors.html

Needless to say, the actual facts mean little to a vile supporter of illegal activity like Gutierrez:
"Illegal immigration is not an aggravted felony," Gutierrez said. "What they did here in Postville is unprecedented."

The Illinois Congressmen took particular exception to the Justice Department not allowing the arrested workers immediate access to immigration attorneys. After the raid, criminal lawyers were allowed to visit with their clients, but a handful of immigration attorneys were turned away.

"The Department of Justice came to us to tell us personally this process was done in compliance with the law," Gutierrez said. "I don't believe them. They're lying to us, they’re lying to you, and we need to find the truth."

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Comments

Fred Dawes (not verified)

Mon, 07/28/2008 - 03:23

Look people this is all part of the plan and all hispanic congresspeople want one thing, "anyone not hispanic dead", this pig Baca is working for his people and many are drug dealers and rats in hispanic murder gangs all are here to do mass murder on you so whats new? our enemies are known are nation is now under the control of evil doers who hate our freedoms what more do you need to know? If you go to mexico murder Raids on Americans is normal and no one will wipe tears away for our murdered people.

llamajockey (not verified)

Mon, 07/28/2008 - 06:31

Relax!!! Luis Gutierrez is God's gift to the restrictionist immigration reform movement. He is exactly the sort of unctious, race hustling, massively corrupt, Chicago ward healer, ethnocentric to the point of treason politian, you would want as the poster boy for everything you are fighting against. Everytime Middle America sees this clown on tv they call in to Lou Dobbs and ask if this guy is for real or a hoax. That is after they pry their chins from their chests. You Republicans should be hoping Pelosi, Obama and Dean let his idiot have a shot at speaking at the Democratic convention.

aneura (not verified)

Mon, 07/28/2008 - 15:38

Luis Gutierrez is a racist,and a idiot,along with Pelosi,Obama,Kennedy,and Baca. They are only interest in votes from the illegals aliens. Democrates are good at signing them up though groups like LaRaza,Lucac,and open borders lobbists. Our vote is no longer worth the paper it is written on. God help America and its citizens.

petty bourgeois (not verified)

Mon, 07/28/2008 - 20:21

wiping tears from his eyes? more like wiping the BS from his bumhole.

Anonymous (not verified)

Tue, 07/29/2008 - 07:50

Baca "wiped tears from his eyes" He needs to stop using the Bill of Rights to wipe something else.

Dee (not verified)

Tue, 07/29/2008 - 14:41

Zeezil, You really dont have a clue what is happening in Postville. You should read the entire story before sharing your false opinions on your blog.

Leave it to Beaner (not verified)

Wed, 07/30/2008 - 04:57

Where is John Wayne or Gen. George Patton when America needs them? Unfortunately I dont see any replacements.