Judge dismisses manager's immigration charges
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Associated Press - November 19, 2009 1:24 PM ET
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - A U.S. District Court judge has dismissed dozens of immigration violations against a former Iowa kosher slaughterhouse manager.
Former Agriprocessors, Inc., manager Sholom Rubashkin was set to face 72 immigration violations at a trial on Dec. 2. Prosecutors asked U.S. District Court Judge Linda Reade to dismiss the charges on Thursday morning, and she agreed in an order filed hours later.
Rubashkin was convicted of 86 financial fraud charges last week. The financial and immigration charges followed a massive immigration raid at the Agriprocessors plant in Postville, Iowa, in May 2008.
Reade has not yet set a sentencing date for Rubashkin's financial fraud conviction. He has pleaded not guilty, and his attorneys say they will appeal.
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