Iowa - Postville immigrants file suit, claim abuse

                   
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alipac.us     May 16, 2008            

A federal class action lawsuit filed Thursday by immigrants arrested in the Postville raid allege Agriprocessors acquired false identification for workers, along with numerous allegations of abuse from supervisors. Antonin Trinidad Candido, Roman Trinidad Candido and Maria del Refugio Masias, all... [read full story]                

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History: Postville had recent influx of immigrants

idexer.com     May 14, 2008          

Stephen Bloom detailed the struggle in his 2000 book, "Postville: A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America." When the slaughterhouse first opened, local workers were given jobs. Then in the early 1990s, Eastern European workers came to work in the plant. "The Eastern Europeans only did it for how...                

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VDARE.com: 05/14/08 - An Iowa Reader Tells Postville's Side Of The Immigration Raids-Since The...

vdare.com     May 15, 2008          

Yesterday's apprehension by federal authorities of illegal immigrants using false Social Security numbers and stolen identities at a kosher meat-processing plant in Postville, Iowa, brought with it interesting regional news coverage. [Immigration Hearings Begin in Waterloo, By Jennifer Jacobs and...                

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MARY SANCHEZ: Congressional action the answer to immigration problem

sacbee.com     May 16, 2008          

The federal government has been hard at work in Iowa lately. In May, federal officials quietly leased a huge cattle complex in Waterloo, Iowa. On May 12, federal agents raided the Agriprocessors kosher meatpacking plant in the tiny nearby town of Postville, hauling in 390 immigrant workers, the...                

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VDARE.com: 05/15/08 - A Georgia Reader Sees Propaganda In The New York Times' Coverage Of...

vdare.com     May 16, 2008          

Re: Today’s Letter: An Iowa Reader Tells Postville’s Side Of The Story—Since The MSM Won’t Not only did the local Iowa media neglect the full story of the Postville raids, so too did the major daily newspapers throughout the country. The New York Times added more details about the raid that...                

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