Lawyers for immigrant workers arrested in a raid at a meat packing plant in Postville say they've reached an agreement with federal authorities that will keep the workers in Iowa, The Des Moines Register reported Saturday.
Catholic News Service article from Dec. 29, 2010: More than two dozen Guatemalans were reunited in December with their family members, eight former Agriprocessors workers whom they had not seen in years.
It's clear that Immigration and Customs Enforcement has learned a few lessons since the December 2006 raids of the Swift & Company plants at six locations, including one in Marshalltown.
Catholic News Service article from Nov. 19, 2008: She came from Guatemala to Postville for one purpose.
The recent raids in Postville illustrate the utter stupidity of our nation's immigration policy.
Catholic News Service article from Apr. 29, 2009: Father Paul Ouderkirk has a nice house in northeastern Iowa where he was living in comfortable retirement, overseeing the banks of, as he calls it, "the mighty Missi-Sloppy."
Newspaper article from May 13, 2008, Courier: It all happened so quickly, yet many believed all along that what federal officials were doing at National Cattle Congress for the past week was preparing for exactly what took place.
Catholic News Service article from May 23, 2008: An immigration raid May 12 in Iowa may have taken place in tiny Postville, but its repercussions are being felt as far away as Washington and Guatemala.
The immigration raid on a Postville packing plant now ranks as the largest one ever targeting a single site.
Officials from a union attempting to organize workers at the Agriprocessors plant in Postville attempted to dissuade immigration officials from conducting a raid more than a week ago.
