Tomás\' Picks + Iowa Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

September 29, 2009

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

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 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.

August 17, 2008

A small town struggles after immigration raid – Postville, Iowa

May 22, 2008

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

May 5, 2008

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

November 26, 2007

Sgt. Vince Valdez provides vibrant voice for Des Moines police – (who would have thought that a Hispanic would be the public information officer for Des Moines?)

November 25, 2007

In Columbus Junction, Anglos, Latinos build community together – and apart – Iowa

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

August 1, 2007

Tailoring pitches to Hispanics pays off, businesses discover – Understanding the culture can be profitable. Content in Spanish makes some Iowans smile and others frown.

April 19, 2007

University of Iowa’s ‘immigrant’ game canceled after protests

January 22, 2007

Marshalltown editor: immigrations raids don’t work – 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