BY MICHELLE BRADFORD (nwanews.com)
Posted on Saturday, October 6, 2007
http://www.nwanews.com/adg/News/203503/
The first person arrested by Northwest Arkansas’ newly formed immigration task force was charged Friday with a federal crime. Heriberto Gonzalez-Rodriguez, 44, was charged in U. S. District Court in Fayetteville with illegal re-entry by an aggravated felon. He’s being held without bond. A complaint alleges Gonzalez-Rodriguez returned to the United States after being deported to Mexico in 2006. He was arrested Sept. 24 when he went to the Washington County sheriff’s office (before going to the welfare office), to register as a sex offender (he must have been confident in the illegal alien lobby!) the complaint states. Police learned Gonzalez-Rodriguez was convicted in 1999 of sexual abuse in Benton County Circuit Court. Court papers filed in the federal case don’t show his sentence from the state court. Gonzalez-Rodriguez was deported in August 2006 (I guess we should assume he served 7 years?). At the time, he worked at Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies in Springdale, court records show.
When he was arrested last month, Gonzalez-Rodriguez was working under his brother’s name at Superior Industries in Fayetteville. He was arrested by the Immigration Criminal Apprehension Task Force (A force that wouldn't exist if the ACLU/MALDEF/ Mexican Consular Office had it's way), made up of specially trained officers from the Washington and Benton County sheriff’s offices and the Springdale and Rogers police departments. Under the federal 287 (g ) program, 19 officers from four Northwest Arkansas law enforcement agencies are working with federal immigration agents to arrest and deport illegal aliens who are committing other crimes Authorities didn’t release Gonzalez-Rodriguez’s name until Friday when he was charged in federal court. The Washington County sheriff’s office said it was told by U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that a federal regulation prohibits state or local agencies from releasing information about federal immigration detainees who are held in state or local jails. Sheriff’s spokesman Cpl. Jak Kimball said information can’t be released until a detainee is charged or arrested on suspicion of a crime. In Gonzalez-Rodriguez’s case, he was held on a civil immigration violation until Friday, when he was charged with a crime.
Can someone in the media please ask Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies & Superior Industries how an illegal alien sex offender managed to get a job working for them and who else is working at these companies? What would be their response if Rodriguez had assaulted someone? I wonder if the media would care if these had been energy companies like Enron or Haliburtion?
The ACLU supports both sex offenders and illegal aliens, meaning Rodriguez is the kind of person they want to help. Don't be too suprised if a lawsuit occurs. The Mexican Consulate may claim he was racially profiled. Below is some information about these poor companies that either can't hire Americans or were fooled by an illegal dumb enough to walk into the sherriff's office. Anyway, thanks to the efforts of immigration reform activist, a sex criminal should be on his way to deportation instead of staying in Arkansas.
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Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies-Gross Profit $20,245,000 for 2006
More financial info here:
http://www.nasdaq.com/asp/ExtendFund.asp?selected=AERT&symbol=AERT
Joe Brooks, President and CEO http://www.aertinc.com/index.aspP.O. Box 1237 Springdale, Arkansas 72765 Phone: 479-756-7400 Fax: 479-756 7410mailto:7410InvestorRelations@aertinc.com
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Superior Industries- Net Sales $ 789,862,000 for 2006
FAYETTEVILLE PLANT1901 Borick DriveFayetteville, Arkansas 72701 Phone: 479.443.7870 Fax: 479.443.4522
http://www.supind.com/index.html
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Saturday, October 06, 2007
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Immigration Resolution Fails
By Scarlet Sims THE MORNING NEWS
Immigration Resolution Fails
Bentonville -- A resolution against contracting vendors that employ illegal immigrants failed at the Committee of 13 meeting Tuesday. "It's a nice statement, but I don't think it's going to do anything," said Justice of the Peace Bobby Hubbard. "It's just a nice little resolution, and it means nothing."The resolution followed a state law, Act 157, passed during the legislative session this year. The new law prohibits state agencies from contracting with businesses that employ illegal immigrants.
"Basically, it's a statement of our intent to comply with state regulations," said Benton County Attorney Robin Green. Earlier this month, Justice of the Peace Burton Schindler met with Green and Benton County Comptroller Richard McComas to create the resolution. Schindler presented his idea to force businesses that contracted with the county to sign an affidavit saying employees were legal residents about two months ago, but the new resolution required no signature and no special form. With about 8,000 venders doing business with the county, McComas worried the county wouldn't be able to enforce the ordinance or that it would require extra employees. (fine the companies that hire illegals and use the money to get extra employees) The resolution presented Tuesday created no additional workload for county offices, Schindler said.
"We're going to make a public example in protecting taxpayers' money," he said. Schindler said officials from the U.S. Boarder Patrol and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement supported resolutions against employing illegal immigrants. Illegal immigration could be controlled if employers didn't employ any illegal immigrants, Schindler said. If the county discovered any companies employing illegal workers, the county would stop doing business with that company, Schindler proposed. Justice of the Peace Kurt Moore said the resolution didn't go far enough. He wanted a resolution that was more than lip service, he said. Hubbard pointed out contractors may not know they employ illegal immigrants. "I'm asking and asking my subcontractors and they're saying 'Well, they have a driver's license,'" Hubbard said. (Mistakes cost the American taxpayer money, why not these subcontractors)
In other business, the committee passed adding the $5 fee to traffic citations, and approved changing the time of the Committee of 13 meetings to 6 p.m. with an added public comment time at the end of the meeting. The Quorum Court will consider both issues at 5 p.m. June 28.
AT A GLANCE
How They Voted.
Justices of the peace voting against the resolution were Chris Glass, R-Northeastern Benton County, Craig Brown, R-Rogers, Frank Harrison, R-Rogers, David Hill, R-Bentonville, Kurt Moore, R-Southwestern Benton County, Bob Stephenson, R-Southwestern Benton County, Bobby Hubbard, R-Northwest Benton County , and Jim Wozniak, R-Bella Vista.
Justices of the peace voting in favor were Debbie Hobbs, R-Rogers, Frank Winscott, R-Southeastern Benton County, Tim Summers, R-Bentonville, Marge Wolf, R-Rogers, and Burton Schindler, R-Bella Vista.
Immigration Resolution Fails
Bentonville -- A resolution against contracting vendors that employ illegal immigrants failed at the Committee of 13 meeting Tuesday. "It's a nice statement, but I don't think it's going to do anything," said Justice of the Peace Bobby Hubbard. "It's just a nice little resolution, and it means nothing."The resolution followed a state law, Act 157, passed during the legislative session this year. The new law prohibits state agencies from contracting with businesses that employ illegal immigrants.
"Basically, it's a statement of our intent to comply with state regulations," said Benton County Attorney Robin Green. Earlier this month, Justice of the Peace Burton Schindler met with Green and Benton County Comptroller Richard McComas to create the resolution. Schindler presented his idea to force businesses that contracted with the county to sign an affidavit saying employees were legal residents about two months ago, but the new resolution required no signature and no special form. With about 8,000 venders doing business with the county, McComas worried the county wouldn't be able to enforce the ordinance or that it would require extra employees. (fine the companies that hire illegals and use the money to get extra employees) The resolution presented Tuesday created no additional workload for county offices, Schindler said.
"We're going to make a public example in protecting taxpayers' money," he said. Schindler said officials from the U.S. Boarder Patrol and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement supported resolutions against employing illegal immigrants. Illegal immigration could be controlled if employers didn't employ any illegal immigrants, Schindler said. If the county discovered any companies employing illegal workers, the county would stop doing business with that company, Schindler proposed. Justice of the Peace Kurt Moore said the resolution didn't go far enough. He wanted a resolution that was more than lip service, he said. Hubbard pointed out contractors may not know they employ illegal immigrants. "I'm asking and asking my subcontractors and they're saying 'Well, they have a driver's license,'" Hubbard said. (Mistakes cost the American taxpayer money, why not these subcontractors)
In other business, the committee passed adding the $5 fee to traffic citations, and approved changing the time of the Committee of 13 meetings to 6 p.m. with an added public comment time at the end of the meeting. The Quorum Court will consider both issues at 5 p.m. June 28.
AT A GLANCE
How They Voted.
Justices of the peace voting against the resolution were Chris Glass, R-Northeastern Benton County, Craig Brown, R-Rogers, Frank Harrison, R-Rogers, David Hill, R-Bentonville, Kurt Moore, R-Southwestern Benton County, Bob Stephenson, R-Southwestern Benton County, Bobby Hubbard, R-Northwest Benton County , and Jim Wozniak, R-Bella Vista.
Justices of the peace voting in favor were Debbie Hobbs, R-Rogers, Frank Winscott, R-Southeastern Benton County, Tim Summers, R-Bentonville, Marge Wolf, R-Rogers, and Burton Schindler, R-Bella Vista.
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