Swift & Co. union rep guilty of harboring illegal workers

Former meat packing union representative was found guilty Thursday of harboring illegal immigrants working at a Swift & Co. plant in Marshalltown, MN. Pereyra-Gabino was working as vice president of Local 1149 of the United Food and Commercial Workers union when he was arrested by federal immigration officials in July. Prosecutors contend that he told undocumented workers how to escape detection and protect the fake identities they used to get jobs at the Marshalltown plant…… story

National (& Nebraska) Hispanic growth fueled by higher fertility rates

Fertility rate found higher for Hispanics – Published Friday May 9, 2008

Hispanic growth fueled by higher fertility rates
By SUZANNE GAMBOA Associated Press Writer
The Associated Press – Published Thursday May 8, 2008

Hispanic women born in the United States are more likely to have children out of wedlock than women who are immigrant Hispanics or non-Hispanics. Almost half of Hispanic women immigrants have less than a high school education.

Man enters plea in bar shooting

By Sarah Schulz – The Grand Island Independent – Posted May 08, 2008 @ 11:37 PM

GRAND ISLAND —

A man who fired two rounds into a Grand Island bar, striking two bystanders, has entered a plea agreement. Gabriel T. Carson, 31, of Doniphan, pleaded no contest to attempted first-degree murder and use of a gun to commit a felony. The charges stem from a Jan. 25 shooting at El Tabares, 106 W. Fourth St.

The incident began when Carson and another man, Jacob Weddle, decided to purchase some cocaine. They went to a local motel but headed to the bar after they were unable to buy the drugs at the motel. At the bar, they gave money to Ricardo “Rico” Aguilar for drugs, but when he refused to return the money or give the men any drugs, they left and returned with the handgun, Daugherty said. story