Bean Station ICE raid: Slaughterhouse owner pleads guilty to hiring undocumented workers
Story Date: 9/17/2018

 

Source: KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL, 9/12/18

Whatever punishment James Brantley faces for hiring undocumented immigrants, he'll get to stay in the U.S. He'll remain free on bond until sentencing. The men and women who worked for him can't say the same.
"I can't help but note the irony," U.S. District Judge Ronnie Greer said Wednesday. "Many of these people were initially held without bond. Most of them have already served a period of four to six months in jail they most likely would not have served."

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