[vannrox]

This judge is a "real Work of Art":

He seems to have a history of supporting :
Illegal Aliens.
Smuggling Rings.
Immigration Violations.
And Terror related Activities.


This was from an archived Google Cache...

Trial of seven Ukrainians accused of immigrant smuggling starts

By SANDRA MARQUEZ Associated Press Writer
Published 7:10 p.m. PDT Tuesday, May 7, 2002

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A smuggling ring that lured hundreds of Ukrainians to Los Angeles - many of them young women who were forced into prostitution - was a "full service" operation that netted hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal profits, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. "They smuggled illegal aliens in boats, in the trunks of cars, and on foot," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Aveis. "And they did it over, and over, and over again."

During opening statements in federal court, prosecutors provided an inside look into what they described as a conspiracy by seven Ukrainians they allege operated an all-cash smuggling ring that transported would-be immigrants from Ukraine to Los Angeles - with stops in Mexico City and Baja California.

The defendants are: Tetyana Komisaruk, 50; her husband, Veleriy Komisaruk, 40; her daughters, Nataliya Korolova, 31, and Lorina Latysheva, 25; Latysheva's husband, Oleksandr Latyshev, 29; Serge Mezheritsky, 36; and Grigoriy Chernov, 50.

They face multiple charges, including: conspiracy to transport illegal aliens; importing and harboring aliens for the purpose of prostitution and money laundering.

The trial before U.S. District Court Judge Robert Takasugi is expected to last about six weeks. A picture emerged from the first day of the trail of an illicit family business, with five relatives and their friends allegedly dividing up tasks, including: coaching immigrants on what to tell U.S. Border Patrol agents if caught; giving them clothes, including Levi's, in order to help them blend in; and teaching them how to walk across the border.

"Some of them, both men and women, had their hair bleached blonde," Aveis said. "It took several hours to bleach the hair of one of these Ukrainian women and she was told she would have to pay $250 for the job."

The prosecutor said the immigrants paid an initial $2,500 to get to Mexico City, where they were shuttled to hotels and a safe-house in Baja. The Ukrainians then were told they had to pay more to enter the United States.

Tetyana Komisaruk was described as the ringleader, responsible for overseeing the "comings and goings" of the smuggled Ukrainians and demanding payment from them. Wiretapped conversations caught her referring to the smuggled women as "whores," Aveis said.

Prosecutors said she shared command of the operation with her husband, Valeriy Komisaruk, who "helped operate staging points in Mexico," including a villa near the California border where the smuggled immigrants were housed until they arrived in the United States.

Mezheritsky, a Ukrainian emigre who once ran unsuccessfully for City Council in West Hollywood, was described as the third key player. He provided boats and cars for smuggling illegal aliens, Aveis said, and "worked with Mexican guides to shepherd illegal aliens into the United States."

Ellen Barry, the attorney representing Valeriy Komisaruk, said the smuggled aliens who will serve as witnesses on the government's behalf were no innocents.

"They were willing to deceive whoever they had to deceive to get across the border," she said. "And when they got caught and found out what the government was willing to offer them, they were willing to do and say whatever they had to."

The investigation was triggered by a video camera that Border Patrol agents found on a dirt trail near the U.S.-Mexico border in 1999. The taped showed what appeared to be the trip of a Russian family "through Hungary, Mexico City and up to Tijuana," Aveis said.

The defendants face up to 10 years in prison for each smuggled alien.

AND How did the Judge Rule...

Anyone know?


He seems to do alot of work with Immigration violations. Overall he is very pro-immigrant and pro-illegal-immigrant.


He was appointed by Clinton as soon as Clinton came to office...

PRESIDENT NAMES HAYASHI FOR CIVIL RIGHTS POST AT HHS

(Washington, DC) The President announced today the appointment of Asian-American civil rights attorney Dennis Hayashi to be Director of the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Civil Rights.

"Dennis Hayashi has had a distinguished career of both legal and public advocacy for equal rights," said the President. "I am counting on him to continue his good work as part of Secretary Shalala's team at HHS. We need to continue to work for fair treatment for all Americans."

Hayashi, who served as part of the Clinton/Gore Transition's civil rights cluster, is the National Director of the Japanese American Citizens League, the largest and oldest Asian Pacific American civil rights organization in the country. He previously worked for more than a decade as an attorney for the Asian Law Caucus, Inc., where he oversaw litigation of major impact cases and directed legislative advocacy on both the federal and state levels. Hayashi has also been Associate Grievance Director for a San Francisco local of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees International Union, an instructor a the New College of California Law School, and Law Clerk to U.S. District Court Judge Robert Takasugi.

A graduate of Occidental College and the Hastings College of the Law, Hayashi has also published articles in the Yale Law School Journal of International Law and the Kennedy School of Government's Asian American Policy Review, as well as in the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and other newspapers. He lives in Oakland, California.

[Humidston]

Thanks.... I think. Why am I not surprised that Clinton appointed him???

[aruanan]

The story you posted said that Dennis Hayashi, not Robert Takasugi, was appointed by Clinton. Hayashi clerked for Takasugi.