Essentials + Iowa Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

November 18, 2009

Eleventh-hour criticism is arising over President Obama’s nomination for United States attorney in northern Iowa of a prosecutor who had a leading role in the criminal cases against hundreds of illegal immigrants arrested in a May 2008 raid at a meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa. – Stephanie Rose

November 13, 2009

Postville Raid: Eighteen months have passed since immigration agents raided Agriprocessors Inc. meat plant, arrested nearly 400 workers, and sent the plant spiraling into bankruptcy. – On Thursday, the plant’s former vice president – Sholom Rubashkin – was found guilty of 86 of 91 counts of financial crimes. – Verdict brings closure to many in Postville

August 4, 2009

New Postville Book Blames Feds, Globalization for Town’s Collapse – “Postville, U.S.A.: Surviving Diversity in Small-Town America”

August 3, 2009

Frontline on Postville Raid – Guatemala: A Tale of Two Villages U.S. immigration raid leaves lasting mark

June 19, 2009

Iowa researchers found significant disparities in several aspects of children’s health-care between those who speak primarily Spanish and those who speak English.

June 5, 2009

How an immigration raid changed a town – Tiny Postville, Iowa, struggles to regain its footing one year after the largest immigration sweep in US history.

October 15, 2008

The nation’s taxpayers have spent $5.2 million on the raid of Agriprocessors Inc. in Postville by immigration officials.

August 28, 2008

E-Verify faces added scrutiny in the wake of Mississippi raid – Postville’s Agriprocessors raid now second largest in U.S. history

August 20, 2008

Citizens of Postville, Iowa report ICE has created “open-air” prison in town that keeps detained immigrant women from feeding their children

August 6, 2008

Iowa kosher meat plant Agriprocessors cited for violations of child labor laws – The Postville, Iowa, plant was the site of one of the largest immigration raids ever; 57 kids were involved.

July 27, 2008

After Postville, Iowa Raid, Immigrants Fuel Labor Inquiries – found more than 20 under-age workers, some as young as 13. – some worked shifts of 12 hours or more – six days a week

July 16, 2008

Dozens of detainees in Postville face indefinite wait – Iowa

June 3, 2008

Did You Know? 297 illegal immigrants arrested in the raid on an Iowa meatpacking plant were sentenced to five months in prison for using false documents – but not one company official as yet faces any charges. – Postville

May 27, 2008

Miles away, Postville raid’s impact is still acute

May 22, 2008

What will become of Postville’s undocumented students? – Iowa

May 21, 2008

85 Illegal Immigrants Sentenced from Iowa Raid

May 20, 2008

Homeland Security ignored Iowa officials’ pleas to postpone Postville raid until criminal investigation of plant management completed (Latina Lista)

Update: Postville illegals ordered to leave – Iowa

May 19, 2008

Spanish-speaking officers rare in area – Iowa City (how about only 3)

May 15, 2008

Illegal Worker Describes Escape from Plant – Postville, Iowa

“It’s as if they had five kids, maybe 10 kids, die in their class because they’re not there anymore. That’s what it’s like…it’s like a natural disaster,” Walz said. – Postville principal still seeing impact of immigration raid

May 14, 2008

Did You Know? Officials say 90% of the Latino students at Postville high school aren’t in class today and a third of all the students in kindergarten through eighth grade are absent. – Impact of raid – Iowa

What’s Next for Postville? – (update: near 400 arrested – town may dry up)- Iowa – (you should read the comments below the original article)

May 13, 2008

Postville immigration raid termed largest in Iowa history – (as many as 300 arrested)