The Postville Project

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Ukrainian booth 1999-08-29.jpg

Uncle Moishy 2001.jpg

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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…

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Newspaper article from May 13, 2008, Courier: Officials with the U.S. Attorney's office in Cedar Rapids said this morning Monday's raid at Agriprocessors in Postville is the largest enforcement operation at a single site in the United States in terms…

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Newspaper article from May 12, 2008, Courier: Beverly Ayala, co-owner of La Chiquita in downtown Waterloo, has been passing out copies of the Miranda rights statement in Spanish to members of the Latino community.

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Newspaper article from May 11, 2008, Courier: Immigration rights activists are concerned that the federal government may be planning an immigration raid on workers in Waterloo similar to one carried out in Marshalltown in 2006.

20080513.Postville detainees include Guatemalans, other nationalities, and some juveniles.pdf
Newspaper article from May 13, 2008, Courier: Officials with the U.S. Attorney's office in Cedar Rapids said this morning Monday's raid at Agriprocessors in Postville is the largest enforcement operation at a single site in the United States in terms…

20080512.Vigil at National Cattle Congress.pdf
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…

20080511.Activists worried about immigration raid in Waterloo.pdf
Newspaper article from May 11, 2008, Courier: Immigration rights activists are concerned that the federal government may be planning an immigration raid on workers in Waterloo similar to one carried out in Marshalltown in 2006.

Repercussions of immigration raid felt far beyond Iowa.pdf
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