Guilty on 21 counts

http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/12/news/international/cuba_baseball.fortune/index.htm
Tim Arango, the author of “Agent for Cuban baseball defectors convicted”, recapped the trial and consequences baseball agent Gus Dominguez faced after smuggling in baseball players from Cuba. Dominguez smuggled in five players and was found guilty on 21 counts of smuggling and immigration violations.
There was two different arguments or sides to this story. One way the author may perceive Dominguez is “A business man trying to make a buck”, while on the hand the author may view him as “The agent as a family man and a heroic figure who helped young players flee oppression in Cuba”. Either way you look at it, whether he was trying to help or trying to make a buck, he didn’t handle the situation the right way and he is guilty of what he did. Even if he was just trying to help rid these immigrants from under Castro, there is a procedure you follow to be granted citizenship and he chose not take that route. There is a big enough problem the way it is with Immigrants illegally finding their way into this country and I feel like baseball is supporting that by doing it themselves now for their own benefit.
I understand that a lot today’s talent in Major League Baseball comes from Cuba and other foreign countries but for baseball to be their way out isn’t right. Not only are they illegal citizens, but just the fact that General Managers can get away with paying them no where near what they would have to pay an “American” player isn’t fair. Sure, Cuban’s and other foreign players are okay with being paid less because they are getting a free pass into the United States. Most illegal citizens and other immigrants would give anything to leave their home country and be able to come to the United States for free. Baseball isn’t just these guys way in, they’re also getting paid to come here. The pay may not be much but for them just being able to get smuggled in means more to them then the money I’m sure.