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

Lieutenant Governor Patty Judge says there’s concern the kosher meatpacking plant in Postville will close. “At this point I think it’s just very uncertain,” Judge says. “As the governor said…we do not in any way at any time condone illegal activities and if that was going on in that plant, it needs to be stopped. On the other hand we also have families there that will be impacted, who are lawful residents who today do not have a place to go to work so that is a concern and we’ll continue to try to work through it.”

The governor asked Judge to head the state response to Monday’s federal raid at Agriprocessors in Postville where nearly 400 people were arrested on immigration and identity theft charges. Agriprocessors is the largest employer in Postville. “It’s such an interesting, diverse community in Iowa. Of course, it has been for a long time. They’ve even had books written about it,” Judge says, “but Postville always found ways to make things work and I’m sure that resiliency will be there and they’ll do that again.”"*

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