Former personnel director of Howard Industries Jose Humberto Gonzalez, front, leaves the Colmer Federal Courthouse in Hattiesburg, Miss., accompanied by his wife and attorney P.K. Holmes, rear, Wednesday December 9, 2009 after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy for his role connected to hiring nearly 600 illegal immigrants that were arrested August 25, 2008 during a raid by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the company’s plant in Laurel, Miss. (AP Photo/ Hattiesburg American, George Clark)