HispanicTips » Postville raid http://www.hispanictips.com Essential Hispanic & Latino News :: Relevant, Trusted, Comprehensive and Useful Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:04:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 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 http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/21/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-count/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/21/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-count/#comments Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:01:49 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=68206 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=68206 0 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 http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/13/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-th/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/11/13/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-th/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:23:35 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=67246 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=67246 0 Iowa, U.S. gripped by trial in wake of historic immigrant raid – Postville raid aftermath http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/10/13/iowa-u-s-gripped-by-trial-in-wake-of-historic-immigrant-raid-postville-raid-aftermath/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/10/13/iowa-u-s-gripped-by-trial-in-wake-of-historic-immigrant-raid-postville-raid-aftermath/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:57:00 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=64309 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=64309 0 Filmmakers document consequences of U.S. immigration raid – “In the Shadow of the Raid” – Postville, Iowa http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/09/29/filmmakers-document-consequences-of-u-s-immigration-raid-in-the-shadow-of-the-raid-postville-iowa/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/09/29/filmmakers-document-consequences-of-u-s-immigration-raid-in-the-shadow-of-the-raid-postville-iowa/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:28:41 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=62710 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=62710 0 New Postville Book Blames Feds, Globalization for Town’s Collapse – “Postville, U.S.A.: Surviving Diversity in Small-Town America” http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/08/04/new-postville-book-blames-feds-globalization-for-town%e2%80%99s-collapse-%e2%80%9cpostville-usa-surviving-diversity-in-small-town-america%e2%80%9d/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/08/04/new-postville-book-blames-feds-globalization-for-town%e2%80%99s-collapse-%e2%80%9cpostville-usa-surviving-diversity-in-small-town-america%e2%80%9d/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:21:04 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=57499 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=57499 0 Frontline on Postville Raid – Guatemala: A Tale of Two Villages U.S. immigration raid leaves lasting mark http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/08/03/frontline-on-postville-raid-guatemala-a-tale-of-two-villages-us-immigration-raid-leaves-lasting-mark/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/08/03/frontline-on-postville-raid-guatemala-a-tale-of-two-villages-us-immigration-raid-leaves-lasting-mark/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:19:05 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=57324 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=57324 0 A national commission released a report today that says there was a “systematic abuse of worker rights” during the federal immigration raids that included the 2006 raid at the Swift meatpacking plant in Marshalltown and the 2008 raid Agriprocessors in Postville. http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/06/19/a-national-commission-released-a-report-today-that-says-there-was-a-systematic-abuse-of-worker-rights-during-the-federal-immigration-raids-that-included-the-2006-raid-at-the-swift-meatpacking-plan/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/06/19/a-national-commission-released-a-report-today-that-says-there-was-a-systematic-abuse-of-worker-rights-during-the-federal-immigration-raids-that-included-the-2006-raid-at-the-swift-meatpacking-plan/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:20:38 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=54829 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=54829 0 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. http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/06/05/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/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/06/05/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/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:35:11 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=53785 HispanicTips is Essential Hispanic & Latino News & Information
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My readers say it best: "love it," "addictive,""useful," "great," & "invaluable." - View quotes & testimonials]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=51942 0 Going Home to Guatemala – The aftermath of an immigration raid. – (the Postville, Iowa raid) http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/12/05/going-home-to-guatemala-the-aftermath-of-an-immigration-raid-the-postville-iowa-raid/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/12/05/going-home-to-guatemala-the-aftermath-of-an-immigration-raid-the-postville-iowa-raid/#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:54:56 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=47636 HispanicTips is Essential Hispanic & Latino News & Information
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My readers say it best: "love it," "addictive,""useful," "great," & "invaluable." - View quotes & testimonials]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=47636 0 Postville streets empty as immigration officials return – Iowa http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/11/06/postville-streets-empty-as-immigration-officials-return-iowa/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/11/06/postville-streets-empty-as-immigration-officials-return-iowa/#comments Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:50:24 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/11/06/postville-streets-empty-as-immigration-officials-return-iowa/ HispanicTips is Essential Hispanic & Latino News & Information
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My readers say it best: "love it," "addictive,""useful," "great," & "invaluable." - View quotes & testimonials]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=45585 0 The nation’s taxpayers have spent $5.2 million on the raid of Agriprocessors Inc. in Postville by immigration officials. http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/10/15/the-nations-taxpayers-have-spent-52-million-on-the-raid-of-agriprocessors-inc-in-postville-by-immigration-officials/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/10/15/the-nations-taxpayers-have-spent-52-million-on-the-raid-of-agriprocessors-inc-in-postville-by-immigration-officials/#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:09:23 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/10/15/the-nations-taxpayers-have-spent-52-million-on-the-raid-of-agriprocessors-inc-in-postville-by-immigration-officials/ HispanicTips is Essential Hispanic & Latino News & Information
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My readers say it best: "love it," "addictive,""useful," "great," & "invaluable." - View quotes & testimonials]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=45003 0 The Postville 28 — Women Immigrants Fight To Stay In U.S. http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/09/30/the-postville-28-women-immigrants-fight-to-stay-in-us/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/09/30/the-postville-28-women-immigrants-fight-to-stay-in-us/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:07:44 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/09/30/the-postville-28-women-immigrants-fight-to-stay-in-us/ HispanicTips is Essential Hispanic & Latino News & Information
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My readers say it best: "love it," "addictive,""useful," "great," & "invaluable." - View quotes & testimonials]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=44684 0 ‘Voice of Postville’ One of Few Talking http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/09/08/voice-of-postville-one-of-few-talking/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/09/08/voice-of-postville-one-of-few-talking/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:33:43 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/09/08/voice-of-postville-one-of-few-talking/ http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=43639 0 Citizens of Postville, Iowa report ICE has created “open-air” prison in town that keeps detained immigrant women from feeding their children http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/20/citizens-of-postville-iowa-report-ice-has-created-open-air-prison-in-town-that-keeps-detained-immigrant-women-from-feeding-their-children/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/20/citizens-of-postville-iowa-report-ice-has-created-open-air-prison-in-town-that-keeps-detained-immigrant-women-from-feeding-their-children/#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:25:18 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/20/citizens-of-postville-iowa-report-ice-has-created-open-air-prison-in-town-that-keeps-detained-immigrant-women-from-feeding-their-children/ http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=43130 0 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. http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/18/the-largest-single-site-workplace-raid-in-us-history-may-have-cost-a-kosher-slaughterhouse-in-iowa-nearly-half-its-employees-but-its-been-a-boon-to-labor-recruiters-around-the-country/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/18/the-largest-single-site-workplace-raid-in-us-history-may-have-cost-a-kosher-slaughterhouse-in-iowa-nearly-half-its-employees-but-its-been-a-boon-to-labor-recruiters-around-the-country/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:43:12 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/18/the-largest-single-site-workplace-raid-in-us-history-may-have-cost-a-kosher-slaughterhouse-in-iowa-nearly-half-its-employees-but-its-been-a-boon-to-labor-recruiters-around-the-country/ http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=42985 0 A small town struggles after immigration raid – Postville, Iowa http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/17/a-small-town-struggles-after-immigration-raid-postville-iowa/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/17/a-small-town-struggles-after-immigration-raid-postville-iowa/#comments Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:25:03 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/17/a-small-town-struggles-after-immigration-raid-postville-iowa/ http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=42883 0 A federal judge has decided to let 10 women return to their homes in Guatemala or Mexico three months after they were swept up in an immigration raid in Postville. http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/14/a-federal-judge-has-decided-to-let-10-women-return-to-their-homes-in-guatemala-or-mexico-three-months-after-they-were-swept-up-in-an-immigration-raid-in-postville/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/14/a-federal-judge-has-decided-to-let-10-women-return-to-their-homes-in-guatemala-or-mexico-three-months-after-they-were-swept-up-in-an-immigration-raid-in-postville/#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:52:22 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/14/a-federal-judge-has-decided-to-let-10-women-return-to-their-homes-in-guatemala-or-mexico-three-months-after-they-were-swept-up-in-an-immigration-raid-in-postville/ http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=42872 0 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. http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/06/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/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/06/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/#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:15:13 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/06/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/ http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=42257 0 Luther pastor David Vasquez a fixture in post-raid Postville – Iowa http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/05/luther-pastor-david-vasquez-a-fixture-in-post-raid-postville-iowa/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/05/luther-pastor-david-vasquez-a-fixture-in-post-raid-postville-iowa/#comments Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:59:34 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/05/luther-pastor-david-vasquez-a-fixture-in-post-raid-postville-iowa/ http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=42154 0