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Immigration officials descend on Postville plant

desmoinesregister.com
May 12, 2008
        
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Federal agents at are at Agriprocessors Inc. in Postville. U.S. Immigration and Iowa State Patrol vehicles are at the plant. Agents have formed a perimeter around the facility. ... REGISTER STAFF REPORT • May 12, 2008 Federal agents at 10 a.m. this morning are at... [read full story]                    

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Iowa - Immigration raid biggest in U.S. history

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Update: Hundreds of arrests predicted at Iowa ICE raid

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Iowa - Immigration raid biggest in U.S. history

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May 14, 2008
        

POSTVILLE - Nearly 400 people have been arrested in what federal officials are now calling the largest single-site immigration raid in United States history. Of the 390 arrested in a Monday raid at Agriprocessors in Postville, 314 are men and 76 are women. The majority are from Guatemala and...

                   
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UPDATE: 93 Now Face Criminal Charges in Raid

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May 14, 2008
        

Story Created: May 12, 2008 Story Updated: May 14, 2008 POSTVILLE / WATERLOO - Officials call Monday's immigration raid in Postville the "largest raid of it's kind in Iowa history" and "the largest single site raid nationwide". Intake court and initial appearances, as well as criminal court are...

                   

Immigration raid: Church begins to empty out

desmoinesregister.com
May 14, 2008
        

NIGEL DUARA • REGISTER STAFF WRITER • May 14, 2008 Postville, Ia. – This morning, St. Bridget’s Catholic Church housed about one-quarter of the 400 people it had on Tuesday. Sister Mary McCauley of St. Bridget’s said many parents are allowing their children to return to school, while others feel...

                   

Officials: Immigration raid on kosher meatpacking plant in Iowa was largest in US history

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May 14, 2008
        

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A federal immigration raid at a kosher meatpacking plant in northeast Iowa was the largest such operation in US history, with nearly 400 people arrested, federal officials said Tuesday. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said at least 390 people were arrested on...

                   

Immigration raid largest in U.S. history

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May 14, 2008
        

Federal officials say a raid at a northeastern Iowa meat processing plant this week was the largest in U.S. history, in terms of the number of people arrested. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say 390 people have been arrested on immigration charges after Monday's raid at...

                   

390 arrested in raid on Iowa meatpacking plant

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May 14, 2008
        

Published: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 8:58 p.m. MDT DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal immigration raid at a kosher meatpacking plant in northeast Iowa was the largest such operation in U.S. history, with nearly 400 people arrested, federal officials said Tuesday. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

                   

US: Nearly 400 immigrant workers arrested in slaughterhouse raid

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May 14, 2008
        

By Bill Van Auken 14 May 2008 In one of the largest ever government dragnets against immigrant workers, federal agents swooped down upon a meatpacking plant in northeastern Iowa Monday, rounding up nearly 400 workers. Heavily armed squads of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents,...

                   

Raid a reminder of need for reform

desmoinesregister.com
May 14, 2008
        

The repercussions of the workplace raid in Postville Monday, the largest single-site raid in the nation, are wrenching on so many levels. Federal immigration agents and other law officers who descended on Agriprocessors Inc., the kosher slaughterhouse in Postville, were doing their jobs. But that...

                   

IMMIGRATION REFORM IN THE HEARTLAND

downwithtyranny.blogspot.com
May 14, 2008
        

Wife cries for her arrested husband in an earlier raid-by Ed FallonEarly yesterday morning, U.S. immigration officials swooped down on the small Iowa town of Postville in the largest workplace raid in Iowa history. More than 300 workers at the kosher slaughterhouse were arrested, roughly a third...

                   

Immigration raid in Iowa largest ever in US

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May 14, 2008
        

By HENRY C. JACKSON DES MOINES, Iowa - A federal immigration raid at a kosher meatpacking plant in northeast Iowa was the largest such operation in U.S. history, with nearly 400 people arrested, federal officials said Tuesday. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said at least 390 people...

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