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

                   
iht.com     May 14, 2008            

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 were arrested on immigration charges... [read full story]                    

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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...                    

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UPDATE: 93 Now Face Criminal Charges in Raid

kcrg.com     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...                    

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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...                    

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Iowa - Immigration raid biggest in U.S. history

alipac.us     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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