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Vigil at National Cattle Congress

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Title

Vigil at National Cattle Congress

Subject

Postville Immigration Raid, Postville, Iowa, 2008; Demonstrations; National Cattle Congress (Waterloo, Iowa); Agriprocessors (Firm); U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; Centro Latinoamericano (Organization);

Description

Newspaper article from May 12, 2008, Courier: A group of 50 or more people are gathered outside the gates of National Cattle Congress tonight in a peaceful vigil on behalf of those people detained at the Agriprocessors Inc. meat processing plant in Postville earlier in the day.

Source

http://wcfcourier.com/news/breaking_news/article_5054569a-f993-575a-8523-6020545314d6.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

Text

COURIER 05/ 12/ 2008 Vigil at National Cattle Congress WATERLOO --- A group of 50 or more people are gathered outside the gates of National Cattle Congress tonight in a peaceful vigil on behalf of those people detained at the Agriprocessors Inc. meat processing plant in Postville earlier in the day. Federal immigration officials are holding the male detainees on the grounds of National Cattle Congress in Waterloo, which the federal government has rented for the entire month of May. Female detainees have been taken to jails. A group from El Centro, area churches and others are gathered outside the gates. We will provide more information and pictures as they become available.