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Area Hispanics scurry to get paperwork in line

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Title

Area Hispanics scurry to get paperwork in line

Subject

Postville Immigration Raid, Postville, Iowa, 2008; Foreign workers--Legal status, laws, etc.; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; Centro Latinoamericano (Organization); Hispanic Americans--Iowa--Legal status, laws, etc.; Latin Americans--Iowa--Legal status, laws, etc.; Basurto, Mario; Ayala, Beverly;

Description

Newspaper article from May 12, 2008, Courier: With a raid by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials seeming almost inevitable many Hispanics in the Cedar Valley spent Monday getting their paperwork in order.

Creator

Christensen, Emily

Source

http://www.wcfcourier.com/news/top_story/article_805fc83f-f238-527e-9aae-638fcedbd414.html (copied with permision from Courier website on Aug. 11, 2009)

Publisher

Courier (Waterloo, Iowa)

Date

5 12 08

Contributor

Courier (Waterloo, Iowa)

Type

document

Coverage

United States--Iowa--Black Hawk--Waterloo