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

November 21, 2009

A federal judge dismissed dozens of immigration charges Thursday against the former manager of a kosher slaughterhouse, at the request of prosecutors who had already won a conviction on multiple counts of financial fraud. – Postville news

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

September 29, 2009

Filmmakers document consequences of U.S. immigration raid – “In the Shadow of the Raid” – Postville, Iowa

September 17, 2009

A new team of federal agents operating in Iowa this year has arrested immigrants with previous convictions for sex crimes, cocaine possession, kidnapping and carjacking. – But arrests of such criminals have been the exception, not the rule, new statistics obtained by The Des Moines Register show.

August 4, 2009

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

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.

March 24, 2009

A Year Without a Mexican – Undocumented workers were the economic lifeblood of small towns like Postville, Iowa—until the immigration cops showed up.

November 6, 2008

Postville streets empty as immigration officials return – Iowa

October 15, 2008

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

September 30, 2008

The Postville 28 — Women Immigrants Fight To Stay In U.S.

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 18, 2008

The largest single-site workplace raid in U.S. history may have cost a kosher slaughterhouse in Iowa nearly half its employees, but it’s been a boon to labor recruiters around the country.

August 17, 2008

A small town struggles after immigration raid – Postville, Iowa

July 28, 2008

About 1,000 people, including rabbis, Hispanic immigrants and Catholic clergy, marched through Postville, Iowa on Sunday, protesting working conditions at Agriprocessors Inc.

July 27, 2008

Three members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus listened Saturday to tales of children working long hours at kosher meatpacking plant Agriprocessors Inc., of fractured families and the emptiness left behind after nearly 400 people were swept up in the largest federal immigration raid of its kind May 12.

July 26, 2008

Illinois Congressman Luis Gutierrez has attended a meeting in Iowa where he heard stories from residents affected by a federal immigration raid in May. – Postville

July 21, 2008

Raid on meat plant haunts town, sparks debate – Postville

July 16, 2008

Dozens of detainees in Postville face indefinite wait – Iowa

July 14, 2008

Iowa Christian Leaders Press for Humane Immigration Laws

July 13, 2008

Immigrants Find Solace After Storm of Arrests – Postville, Iowa

July 10, 2008

Eyewitness comes forward to tell the true story of what happened at Postville, Iowa (Latina Lista)

July 9, 2008

Lutheran pastor: Postville’s returned to state it was in 15 years ago – 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 28, 2008

Lawmakers: Did Postville raid stymie labor probe?

May 27, 2008

Miles away, Postville raid’s impact is still acute

May 22, 2008

Illegal Workers to Serve Time Outside of Iowa – Postville aftermath

ACLU Demands Government Restore Basic Legal Protections To Meatpacking Workers Arrested In Iowa Raids

Hispanics bracing themselves for more ICE raids – Quad-Cities, Iowa/Illinois

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

May 21, 2008

85 Illegal Immigrants Sentenced from Iowa Raid

Immigrants feel distress, shock, nun says – Postville, 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: Latino community still under siege in Postville and Waterloo, Iowa (Latina Lista)

Postville Latino community leaders ask, “What good comes from tearing so many families apart?” (Latina Lista)

New Texas Mayor Wants the Expulsion of Undocumented Immigrants to be a Town Project (Latina Lista)

Update: Postville illegals ordered to leave – Iowa

May 19, 2008

Archbishop holds Mass in Postville, Iowa

May 15, 2008

Human toll told in Postville – Iowa (with video)

Illegal Worker Describes Escape from Plant – Postville, Iowa

Postville immigration raid sends shockwaves – Dubuque County Hispanics feel the impact – 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

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

Immigration raid notebook – Iowa – (looks like ICE did use the National Cattle Congress grounds in Waterloo for the Postville raid)

May 13, 2008

Search warrants detail reasons for Postville raid – Iowa

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

Immigration raid: State agency gathered student data last month – Postville, Iowa

Immigration raid: Workers take care, take cover – (in other parts of Iowa)

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

Hundreds arrested in immigration raid at Postville plant – Iowa (largest in the history of state)

Iowa’s Gov. Culver Reacts to Immigration Raid

Postville plant reopens after raid – Iowa

Immigration raid: Proliferation of undocumented workers began in early ’80s – Iowa

Immigration raid: biggest kosher meatpacker started by Jews in 1987 – Iowa

History: Postville had recent influx of immigrants – Iowa

Immigration raid: Union fears action hurts probe – Iowa

Claims of ID fraud lead to largest raid in state history – Iowa

May 8, 2008

Attorney: Client didn’t break law by talks with immigrants – Iowa

ICE activity at National Cattle Congress sparks fear among Latinos – Waterloo, Iowa

May 5, 2008

Many Mexicans long ago assimilated into new lives in Nebraska, Iowa

April 30, 2008

Iowa’s Governor Vilsack: Immigration raids were unconstitutional

Radio Iowa: Panel probes 2006 immigration raids at Swift plants

April 25, 2008

Illegal immigration issues roil Iowa town – Marshalltown, where a quarter of residents are Latino, is seeing rising anti-immigrant sentiments, especially after a deadly car crash involving a woman in the country illegally.

April 14, 2008

Bill targets illegal immigrants – Iowa

January 3, 2008

Immigration is big issue, but why in Iowa?

January 2, 2008

Border security arouses Corn Belt – Iowa

December 28, 2007

Iowa on front lines of immigration debate

December 13, 2007

Immigration, and Its Politics, Shake Rural Iowa

December 1, 2007

Crowd boos Clinton over immigration reform – Des Moines, Iowa

November 25, 2007

Iowa concern over illegal immigration

October 26, 2007

Report says illegal workers not so hard on Iowa economy

Romney touts tough immigration stand – GOP caucusgoers want strict laws, candidate says

September 10, 2007

Minutemen making roads in Iowa – Anti-immigration group has chapters in 11 counties – (key primary state)

September 9, 2007

Iowa town squeezed in immigration debate – Marshalltown

July 16, 2007

Immigration key for GOP candidates – Iowa

July 12, 2007

More Arrests at Swift Plant in Marshalltown – Iowa

March 20, 2007

G.O.P. Candidates Confront Immigration Politics – Iowa

March 19, 2007

New immigration court planned for Omaha

February 27, 2007

Conversation is diverse at immigration summit – Marshalltown, Iowa

February 25, 2007

Marshalltown to host summit on immigration – Iowa

February 12, 2007

Effects of raid still felt in Iowa town – Marshalltown, Iowa

February 2, 2007

Proposed immigration plan under fire – Ottumwa, Iowa

February 1, 2007

Latinos Unidos fires back – Ottumwa, Iowa

January 31, 2007

Marion mayor wants illegal immigrants out of town – Suburb of Cedar Falls, Iowa

January 30, 2007

Ottumwa police’s interest in immigration program receiving mixed reviews – Iowa

January 29, 2007

Nuns radio spot urges immigration reform – Iowa

January 22, 2007

Marshalltown editor: immigrations raids don’t work – Iowa

January 3, 2007

Issue looks different through Latino eyes

December 27, 2006

Mexicans attempting to relocate legally face eternal wait

What about the children? What about illegal immigrants’ children? – Iowa

December 20, 2006

Governor Vilsack Blasts Homeland Security About Immigration Raid – Iowa (offers state help for families)

December 19, 2006

Marshalltown Business Slows After Raid – Iowa

December 18, 2006

Church Leaders Hold Vigil After Immigration Sweep – Des Moines, Iowa

December 17, 2006

Marshalltown Meeting Helps Hispanics Deal With Immigrant Raid – Iowa

Immigration’s effects frustrate residents – RAID AFTERMATH: MARSHALLTOWN – Iowa

December 15, 2006

Illegal Immigrants Moved Out of Camp Dodge – Iowa

Schools serving as “safe haven” after Swift raid – Marshalltown, Iowa

Kids of those arrested in Marshalltown skip school – Iowa

December 14, 2006

Mission to locate nursing mother fails. A priest and nun looking for the woman at Camp Dodge say an immigration official “wouldn’t tell us anything about anybody.’ – Marshalltown, Iowa – raid news

December 13, 2006

Raid was 9/11 moment, say Marshalltown’s Mexican teens – Iowa

Immigrant Impact on Marshalltown – Iowa

Feds raid Marshalltown plant; busloads of workers arrested – Iowa

Interactive Map of ICE Raids on Swift & Company Meat Packing Plants in Six States

December 7, 2006

Iowans learn to deal with immigration

December 6, 2006

State policy must be more welcoming to immigrants if Iowa and two other Midwest states are to thrive economically – Nebraska y Minnesota