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

Twelve hours later, Hispanic businesses in downtown Postville were shuttered. Locks held the door at El Sabor Latino grocery store and restaurant. Bowls of chips and salsa were abandoned along with a half-empty bottle of Coke.
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At the Postville Bakery and Restaurant - which also goes by La Panederia y Pasteleria - a sign in the doorway said, “We will be closed at 11 a.m. today.”

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid at the Agriprocessors Inc. plant scattered the Hispanics of Postville. About 400 found their way to St. Bridget’s Catholic Church, waiting for information. Some filled out G-28 forms that allow a lawyer to represent their detained children or minors in their care.”*

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