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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 13, 2008, Courier: State officials are working to help Postville residents deal with the fallout of a raid by federal immigration officials Monday on kosher meatpacker Agriprocessors Inc.

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Newspaper article from May 13, 2008, Courier: Monday's immigration raid at Agriprocessors was the result of almost eight months of investigation, according to U.S. Attorney Matt Dummermuth.

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Newspaper article from May 13, 2008, Courier: 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.

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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…

Speakers Michele Yehieli and Mario Basurto and moderator David Meeks discuss the basics of immigration in the United States and Iowa. This is the second in a series of four community forums on immigration, called Moving Beyond What I Think I Know: An…

Speakers Dennis Coon, Mohammed Fahmy, Lyle Wilgenbusch, and Kathy Thill and moderator Michael Blackwell discuss religious aspects of immigrants as strangers and xenophobia. This is the third in a series of four community forums on immigration, called…

Speaker Sandra Sanchez discuss the impacts and results of recent immigration into Iowa. This is the fourth in a series of four community forums on immigration, called Moving Beyond What I Think I Know: An Immigration Series for the Cedar Valley. The…

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Speakers Miryam Antunez de Mayolo and Mark Grey and moderator Quentin Hart discuss the basics of immigration in the United States and Iowa. This is the first in a series of four community forums on immigration, called Moving Beyond What I Think I…

Filmmaker Luis Argueta tells the story of creating the documentary film, AbUSed: The Postville Raid, and shows clips from the film. This lecture and presentation was part of the conference Postville: Past, Present and Future on April 30 and May 1,…
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