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Hispanic y Latino News :: November 18th, 2009 Edition :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

Eleventh-hour criticism is arising over President Obama’s nomination for United States attorney in northern Iowa of a prosecutor who had a leading role in the criminal cases against hundreds of illegal immigrants arrested in a May 2008 raid at a meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa. – Stephanie Rose

Hispanic y Latino News :: November 13th, 2009 Edition :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

Postville Raid: Eighteen months have passed since immigration agents raided Agriprocessors Inc. meat plant, arrested nearly 400 workers, and sent the plant spiraling into bankruptcy. – On Thursday, the plant’s former vice president – Sholom Rubashkin – was found guilty of 86 of 91 counts of financial crimes. – Verdict brings closure to many in Postville

Police Leaders from Across the Country Call For Immigration Reform – Law Enforcement Officials Describe Impact of Broken System on Public Safety and Community Trust

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: October 14th, 2009 :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

Iowa, U.S. gripped by trial in wake of historic immigrant raid – Postville raid aftermath

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: September 29th, 2009 :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

Filmmakers document consequences of U.S. immigration raid – “In the Shadow of the Raid” – Postville, Iowa

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: August 3rd, 2009

Frontline on Postville Raid – Guatemala: A Tale of Two Villages U.S. immigration raid leaves lasting mark

Hispanic y Latino News :: June 19th, 2009

A national commission released a report today that says there was a “systematic abuse of worker rights” during the federal immigration raids that included the 2006 raid at the Swift meatpacking plant in Marshalltown and the 2008 raid Agriprocessors in Postville.

Hispanic y Latino News for Friday June 5th, 2009

How an immigration raid changed a town – Tiny Postville, Iowa, struggles to regain its footing one year after the largest immigration sweep in US history.

News Summary for Friday – December 5th, 2008

Going Home to Guatemala – The aftermath of an immigration raid. – (the Postville, Iowa raid)

News Summary – November 4th – 6th, 2008

Blogante News Summary for October 15th, 2008

The nation’s taxpayers have spent $5.2 million on the raid of Agriprocessors Inc. in Postville by immigration officials.

E-Verify faces added scrutiny in the wake of Mississippi raid – Postville’s Agriprocessors raid now second largest in U.S. history

ACLU Investigating Largest Immigration Raid In The Country – Reports Of Government Discrimination And Secrecy Trigger Scrutiny – Mississippi

News Summary for Sunday – August 17th, 2008

New Essentials for Sunday – August 17, 2008

A small town struggles after immigration raid – Postville, Iowa

News Summary for Thursday – August 14th, 2008

News Essentials for Thursday – August 14th, 2008

A federal judge has decided to let 10 women return to their homes in Guatemala or Mexico three months after they were swept up in an immigration raid in Postville.

Blogante News Summary for Wednesday – August 6th, 2008

Blogante Essentials for Wednesday – August 6th, 2008

Iowa kosher meat plant Agriprocessors cited for violations of child labor laws – The Postville, Iowa, plant was the site of one of the largest immigration raids ever; 57 kids were involved.

Blogante News Summary for Tuesday – August 5th, 2008

Luther pastor David Vasquez a fixture in post-raid Postville – Iowa

Blogante News Summary for July 28th, 2008

Blogante Essentials for Monday – July 28th, 2008

Blogante News Summary for Sunday – July 27th, 2008

Blogante Essentials for Sunday – July 27th, 2008

After Postville, Iowa Raid, Immigrants Fuel Labor Inquiries – found more than 20 under-age workers, some as young as 13. – some worked shifts of 12 hours or more – six days a week

Illinois Congressman Luis Gutierrez has attended a meeting in Iowa where he heard stories from residents affected by a federal immigration raid in May. – Postville

Blogante News Summary for Monday – July 21st, 2008

Raid on meat plant haunts town, sparks debate – Postville

Dozens of detainees in Postville face indefinite wait – Iowa

Blogante News for Sunday – July 13th, 2008

Blogante Essentials – Sunday – July 13th, 2008 (no rss)

An Interpreter Speaking Up for Migrants (from the Postville, Iowa raid) – Erik Camayd-Freixas – Professor of Spanish at Florida International University

Lutheran pastor: Postville’s returned to state it was in 15 years ago – Iowa

Blogante News for Tuesday – June 3rd, 2008

Immigration raid spurs calls for action vs. owners

Did You Know? 297 illegal immigrants arrested in the raid on an Iowa meatpacking plant were sentenced to five months in prison for using false documents – but not one company official as yet faces any charges. – Postville

Weekly Review of Blogante News

Immigration raid on Iowa kosher meat plant felt in Houston

Blogante News for Wednesday – May 28th, 2008

Lawmakers: Did Postville raid stymie labor probe?

Blogante News for Tuesday – May 27th, 2008

Miles away, Postville raid’s impact is still acute

Blogante News for Thursday – May 22nd, 2008

ACLU Demands Government Restore Basic Legal Protections To Meatpacking Workers Arrested In Iowa Raids

Hispanics bracing themselves for more ICE raids – Quad-Cities, Iowa/Illinois

What will become of Postville’s undocumented students? – Iowa

Blogante News for Wednesday – May 21st, 2008

85 Illegal Immigrants Sentenced from Iowa Raid

Immigrants feel distress, shock, nun says – Postville, Iowa raid

Blogante News for Tuesday – May 20th, 2008

Homeland Security ignored Iowa officials’ pleas to postpone Postville raid until criminal investigation of plant management completed (Latina Lista)

Update: Latino community still under siege in Postville and Waterloo, Iowa (Latina Lista)

Postville Latino community leaders ask, “What good comes from tearing so many families apart?” (Latina Lista)

National Council of La Raza President Calls For Smart, Humane, and Effective Enforcement of Immigration and Labor Laws

Update: Postville illegals ordered to leave – Iowa

Blogante News for Monday – May 19th, 2008

National Council of La Raza To Testify at Congressional Hearing On Immigration Raids’ Impact on Children and Families

Archbishop holds Mass in Postville, Iowa

Blogante News for Thursday – May 15th, 2008

Latino help center swamped since raid – Waterloo, Iowa

Human toll told in Postville – Iowa (with video)

Illegal Worker Describes Escape from Plant – Postville, Iowa

Postville immigration raid sends shockwaves – Dubuque County Hispanics feel the impact – Iowa

“It’s as if they had five kids, maybe 10 kids, die in their class because they’re not there anymore. That’s what it’s like…it’s like a natural disaster,” Walz said. – Postville principal still seeing impact of immigration raid

Blogante News for Wednesday – May 14th, 2008

Learning the Language: An Immigration Raid and a Subpoena in Postville, Iowa

Did You Know? Officials say 90% of the Latino students at Postville high school aren’t in class today and a third of all the students in kindergarten through eighth grade are absent. – Impact of raid – Iowa

Lieutenant Governor Patty Judge cites concern Postville plant will close – Iowa

What’s Next for Postville? – (update: near 400 arrested – town may dry up)- Iowa – (you should read the comments below the original article)

Immigration raid notebook – Iowa – (looks like ICE did use the National Cattle Congress grounds in Waterloo for the Postville raid)

Blogante News for Tuesday – May 13th, 2008

Search warrants detail reasons for Postville raid – Iowa

Postville immigration raid termed largest in Iowa history – (as many as 300 arrested)

Immigration raid: State agency gathered student data last month – Postville, Iowa

Immigration raid: Town’s Hispanics shutter businesses, scatter – Postville, Iowa

Hundreds arrested in immigration raid at Postville plant – Iowa (largest in the history of state)

Postville plant reopens after raid – Iowa

Immigration raid: Proliferation of undocumented workers began in early ’80s – Iowa

Immigration raid: Plant official is GOP contributor – Iowa

Immigration raid: biggest kosher meatpacker started by Jews in 1987 – Iowa

Immigration raid: Union fears action hurts probe – Iowa

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