President Obama’s pick for a U.S. attorney slot is facing some last-minute criticism over her prosecution of several hundred illegal immigrant workers arrested in a 2008 raid of kosher meatpacking plant Agriprocessors.
U.S. Attorney Pick Criticized For Agriprocessors Raid
President Obama’s pick for a U.S. attorney slot is facing some last-minute criticism over her prosecution of several hundred illegal immigrant workers arrested in a 2008 raid of kosher meatpacking plant Agriprocessors.
The Senate Judiciary Committee recently approved Prosecutor Stephanie Rose to become the next U.S. attorney in northern Iowa. Nominated by Obama at the urging of Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), Rose must now face a vote by the full Senate. As that vote looms, the New York Times reports that Rose is now taking heat for prosecuting the 270 immigrant workers who pled guilty to felony identity theft for using false Social Security or visa numbers to work at the Postville, Iowa, plant. Agriprocessors made headlines in May 2008 when federal officials raided the plant and arrested 389 illegal workers. Later that year, Agriprocessors filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. (The plant was bought out of bankruptcy this summer.)
Some defense and immigration lawyers have said the felony charges against the workers were too harsh. (This past May, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the government must prove that defendants knew they were using a Social Security number that belonged to someone else.) Lawyers also complained that immigration lawyers didn’t get sufficient access to their clients and that potential civil rights and ethical violations weren’t investigated. Some lawyers say the cases, which the Times called “the broadest use to date of tough criminal charges” against illegal immigrant workers, were run on a fast track in temporary courtrooms that weren’t unlike a “cattle fairground.”
But the White House is defending its choice of Rose, a current senior assistant U.S. attorney in northern Iowa, saying she will be “a great advocate for the people of Iowa.” And Harkin told the Times that Rose is “extremely bright and well versed with the law, has a lot of self assurance and a good demeanor for a U.S. attorney.” And other defense lawyers, including at least 11 who represented immigrant defendants in the Postville proceedings, claimed that in those trials, Rose “exhibited a level of competence and ability that would be hard to overstate.”
Stop the fraight train
Lets stop her from becoming u.s attorney put pressure on all. and let Americans know that this girl thinks she can run Iowa like the wild west. she has made a mockery of the justice system and mainly our beloved constitution……
Clearer
She can always explain that she was Jew Hunting…. and really did not mean to go after the poor hispanics. Now its come clearer why the bank fraud charges was needed and why imigration charges were withdrawn without pedjudous. Real SOBs
not good
oy gevald….
a “great” advocate, my foot.
devil’s advocate, maybe.
Upset
JEW HUNTING!??! Seriously, people like you make me sick that I am a Jew, let alone Chabad.
Please stop this victim syndrome.
And for the person who commented first…Why should the constitution matter to any Lubavitcher..remember we don’t follow their laws only G-d’s.
When we do follow man’s laws then we must follow them correctly, and Rubashkin didn’t and now he is getting what he deserves.
Mottel
To the creep who called him/herself Upset:
You are another reason why comments are the worst feature of the Internet. You can sit in the anonymity of your mother’s basement, or whichever rock you live under, and spew your vile self-hate. Sholom Mordechai “got what he deserves”?!?!?!?! He deserves to sit in jail for 1,200 years? For what? Murder? Child Abuse? Random acts of violence? Or using a fax machine?!
You jump from ‘don’t cry Jew hunting’ to ‘he deserves it’? There’s a huge gap in he middle there, my friend. Maybe they weren’t looking for a Jew, but Sholom Mordechai should be a free man now, running a successful business, and helping Yidden.
And IYH very soon he will be, and we’ll all rejoice with him! And you’ll still be under your rock, looking for someone else to kick while they’re down.
to upset
to upset>
go double check if your mother was Jewish
She may be a Yid?
B”H
And maybe this nominee is Jewish? Rose is sometimes a Jewish last name!
This is a Jewish website...
To Upset:
You are grossly misinformed. And prejudiced. But it’s useless to reason with the likes of you…
Yisroel
The comments, media “spin” and talk in the shuls and mikvaos on the Rubashkin case display a moral perversity that is absolutely frightening. With very few exceptions, the juvenile and paranoid comments about “antisemitism” are sickening. And the positions of our so-called Rabbinic leaders are also impossible for a normal person to understand. The Rubashkin family has been running an extensive criminal enterprise for many years. The govt (meaning the Ribono shel Olam who sent them) is waiting for Sholom Mordechai to say, “I committed crimes, I’m sorry, I will never do it again.” The charade about the tsitsis was also a chilul HaShem. The last time I checked the Shulchan Aruch it said that if a person is not wearing a four-cornered garment he is exempt from the mitzvah of tsitsis.To claim that he is not allowed to walk is disingenuous to say the least. You would think the Rubashkins would have learned by now that they ARE subject to the law and they are NOT smarter than everyone. That’s the rachmones, they still don’t get it.
Sam the Internet Troll
@Upset
Wow. Most of us just chuckled at “Stop the Freight Train”’s naivete and moved on. But I for one am glad you were able to get that off your chest.
YOU make ME embarassed to be Jewish and Lubavitch. You think that because you either
1) hustle cameras at B and H,
2) hawk gadgets on Ebay,
3) took some night classes at Touro, or
4) all of the above –
are somehow better than everyone else?! Does it make you feel good?
Keep on hating.
to upset
you lack the basic trait of a jew, compassion, which makes you sick of yourself. which part of “mismanaging a business” deserves 1200 years of prison? treat others favorably, is what G-ds laws are all about, then you might not be sick of who you are.
to mr upset
you are totaly nuts. i dont belive you are jewish
Al Ta-amod al dam re-eicha
What kind of animal are you? And since when did G-d pick you as His prosecutor. Your day will come and when you are in front of the magnifying glass, we’ll see how righteous you come up.
Did you ever pay your cleaning lady cash and not report it? – Tax fraud
Did you ever hire or use a company that hires Spanish illegals? – Immigration fraud
Did you over-inflate your income to get a mortgage? – Bank fraud
Understate, to qualify for programs or school lunches – Stealing
The list can go on…
Only difference = smaller scale
postvillenik
Hey “upset” you contradicted yourself on everything you said. And fyi leave! lubavitch doesn’t need shgatzim like YOU!
Mr. very upset at comment #4
this comment is for mr. upset in comment #4, excuse me who are you to judge if mr. rubashkin is guilty or not, do you know the man from somewhere to talk like that???
and who are you do decide what rubashkin deserves even if he were to be “guilty” g-d forbid, which i personally don’t think so knowing him, the story, and being in court many times, i think its in absolute frame up against a jew who climbed up the wall of success quickly and that the us government cant stomach that fact…..
i pray everyday for him and his family no matter what ever happened in the past he is a jew, we should all help him, support him and his family, not bash him by putting him down and saying that he didn’t follow the law and that “he deserves what he is getting” how can you talk like that??????
yitzchak
listen upset, get a bead on the facts. How many larger corporations hiring many more illegals were left untouched?
Ever hear of American Apparel?
Ever hear of tyson foods?
The list goes on.
Why was agri raided???
Why did american apparel get to work things out with ice?
Why was the large food concern in Iowa told that they weren’t a target so 2/3 of their work force (illegals) came back to work.
Vos hackstu in chinaeck? Too pile on charges and to prosecute a law that hasn’t been used since 1932 and to be foung guilty of those charges even after farmers testified that he was an honest and good guy and always paid up. is the victim syndrome?
Make sure you pay your butcher bill on time because you might be charged with accesory to paying late for livestock.
to upset
rasha ben rasha ben bnoi shel rasha
Sickened
To Yisroel:
I think you should keep your mouth shut. You talk about the Shulchan Aruch as if you are a great Rabbi. What about the mitzvah of Dan L’kaf Zechus? What about “Al taden es chavercha, ad shetagiya limkomo? I mean, the list can go on and on. Are you a perfect tzaddik? ”The last time I checked the Shulchan Aruch it said that if a person is not wearing a four-cornered garment he is exempt from the mitzvah of tsitsis“ – what is that supposed to mean? The tzitzis are a 4 cornered garment, the last time I checked. Maybe you should take a look at yourself, not at others. Hashem is the true judge and NOT you. When you become Hashem’s personal assistant and doing His paperwork, you can come back and say what Hashem wants from Rubashkin. Oh, and 1 more thing. ”..they ARE subject to the law and they are NOT smarter than everyone. That’s the rachmones, they still don’t get it.” You are subject to Hashem’s laws, so you better start following them. It’s a rachmones you still don’t get it.
about comment from Yisroel
why is everyone commenting on ‘upset; and not on ‘Yisroel’
since when can we decide who is guilty or innocent
Hashem is the Master Judge and we must do our job as Yidden to care for a fellow Yid no matter what situation he is in. whatever happened to Ahavas Yisroel??!! Pidyin Shvuim??- did the Rabbeim ever find out whether the yid in the dungun was innocent or guilty?!! as far as we know its our job to take responsibility to help another Yid and save him from any misfourtunes as much as is in our power. NU go daven!!
mendy
no!!no!!
We must do everything possible!!!
A Fierce Jew hater like this should never have any seat in any government office!!!