3-5 news: Former Agriprocessors' supervisor sentenced to 23 months
The 43-year-old Postville man pleaded guilty last year to aiding and abetting the harboring of undocumented immigrants under an agreement with prosecutors. In May, 2007, he told illegal workers that they would have to change their names and social security numbers to continue working at the plant, and that their salary would “start over” at $6.25 an hour, reports the Des Moines Register. He was also told by his supervisors in April, 2008, to fire a group of employees with fraudulent social security numbers, but that the six most valuable employees could be retained if they got new identification documents.
The Postville immigration raid resulted in 389 undocumented workers. Other company managers also face federal charges.