Friday, June 6, 2008

INB 6/2/08: Massive Raid at Kosher Meat Plant in Iowa

Immigration News Briefs
Vol. 11, No. 11 - June 2, 2008

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Special Issue: Massive Raid at Kosher Meat Plant in Iowa

On May 12, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) carried out its largest ever mass arrest at a single worksite, seizing 389 of the 970 employees at the Agriprocessors kosher meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa. ICE took the workers, most of them Guatemalan, to the National Cattle Congress fairgrounds in Waterloo, Iowa for processing. [AP 5/16/08]

Read the full INB:
http://immigrationnewsbriefs.blogspot.com/2008/06/inb-6208-massive-raid-at-kosher-meat.html

INB editor Jane Guskin will be in the Bay Area June 7-10, 2008. For events go to:
http://thepoliticsofimmigration.blogspot.com/2008/05/bay-area-events-june-10-with-jane.html

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