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Bienvenidos, Amigos! : The Tapestry Magazine, Liz Rog

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Article on the arrival of 10 men in Decorah after their incarceration from the Postville raid.

Affidavits Of Two Guatemalan Prisoners From The Postville Raid Of May 12, 2008, Erik Camayd-Freixas

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No abstract provided.

Nobel Winner Listens To Testimony Of Workers Rounded Up In Iowa Raid, Carol Hoverman

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Catholic News Service article from Nov. 19, 2008: She came from Guatemala to Postville for one purpose.

"I have come to listen specifically to the testimonies of the people who have suffered abuses here from the raid," Rigoberta Menchu said. "I come not only to listen to your suffering, but also to identify with your suffering. Your pain is my pain."

So began the message of the 1992 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for her work in human rights, first in Guatemala and now on the international stage.

Agriprocessors Inc. Chapter 11 Bankruptcy 1-08-474772

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The official form for Agriprocessors completed to file for bankruptcy on November 4, 2008 in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the eastern district of New York.

Bishops Seek End To Immigration Enforcement Raids, Mark Pattison

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Catholic News Service article from Sep. 10, 2008: - If federal immigration officials cannot create more "humane" conditions when making enforcement raids against undocumented immigrants, then "these enforcement raids should be abandoned," said Bishop John C. Wester of Salt Lake City, chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Migration.

A Crime To Work: The Part Of "Illegal" I Don't Understand, Erik Camayd-Freixas

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Addresses the role of identity theft as the chief charge against most of the people detained in the Agriprocessors immigration raid in Postville, Iowa.

Agriprocessors Inc. Safety And Health Inspection Documents, Iowa Workforce Development

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Various documents relating to obtaining a warrant to conduct a safety and health inspection of the Agriprocessors plant and the subsequent request to suppress the findings of the inspection.

Investment Banker's Little Bond Fund Goes Nationwide For Immigrants, Patricia Zapor

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Catholic News Service article from Aug. 13, 2008: Massachusetts investment banker and philanthropist Robert Hildreth's success in business means Luis Delgado, a Mexican immigrant arrested in an immigration crackdown on a Maryland roofing company June 30, will get to be with his wife and children for the months it will take his legal case to be adjudicated.

People At Interfaith Prayer Service, Rally Urge Justice For Migrants, Barb Arland-Fye

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Catholic News Service article from Aug. 1, 2008: Inside a Catholic church in northeast Iowa July 27, a rabbi from Chicago pondered the symbolism of the Statue of Liberty at a gathering of 500 people of various faiths.

Ice Head Touts Common Ground With Church, Avoids Talk Of Differences, Patricia Zapor

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Catholic News Service article from Jul. 30, 2008: The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, known as ICE, had to know she was stepping in front of a potentially challenging audience when she agreed to speak to the 2008 National Migration Conference, co-sponsored by four Catholic organizations that aid refugees and immigrants.

Iowa Town Stretching Resources To Help Families Hurt By Ice Raid, Patricia Zapor

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Catholic News Service article from Jul. 30, 2008: Father Richard Gaul, from St. Bridget's Parish in Postville, Iowa, said that in the more than two months since the largest single-business immigration raid in history hit their town, the situation for many people has gone from bad to worse.

Testimony From Dept. Of Justice On Ice Conduct During Raid, Deborah J. Rhodes

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The statement given by the Senior Associate Deputy Attorney General Deborah J. Rhodes to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law's hearing on immigration raids.

Employers Face Immigration Crackdown, Too, Jens Manuel Krogstad

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No abstract provided.

Panelists Discuss How News Media Look At Poverty Issues, Mark Pattison

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Catholic News Service article from Jun. 10, 2008: The news media look at poverty issues -- when they bother to look at all -- with a negative connotation, according to the co-author of one study.

Iowa Community Rallies To Help Families After Raids, Dave Cushing

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Catholic News Service article from May 28, 2008: As the people arrested in a May 12 immigration raid in Iowa were processed and sent off to prison or deported, church leaders, pastoral ministers and community organizers in northeast Iowa struggled with what they called the tragic and devastating effects of the enforcement action.

Repercussions Of Immigration Raid Felt Far Beyond Iowa, Patricia Zapor

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Catholic News Service article from May 23, 2008: An immigration raid May 12 in Iowa may have taken place in tiny Postville, but its repercussions are being felt as far away as Washington and Guatemala.

Conference Examines Homeland Security's Handling Of Immigration, Patricia Zapor

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Catholic News Service article from May 21, 2008: Five years after the Department of Homeland Security was created as an umbrella agency, its handling of immigration-related situations came in for harsh criticism at an immigration law and policy conference May 20.

400 March To Ncc

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No abstract provided.

Prayer Service And Vigil For A Compassionate And Comprehensive Immigration Policy

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No abstract provided.

Statement By Archbishop Jerome Hanus Osb, Jerome Hanus

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No abstract provided.

Agriprocessors Inc. Photos

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Photographs of some of the living conditions of the Agriprocessors workers, along with other photographs documenting other aspects of the case against Agriprocessors.

Detained Workers Location List

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A list giving the names, Bureau of Prisons number, race, gender, a date, and the location of those arrested in the Postville immigration raid.

Agriprocessors Inc. Criminal Complaing

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Documents relating to the child labor violations filed against Agriprocessors ranging in date from August 2008 to January 2009.

Response Letters To Camayd-Freixas Article On Postville Raid

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A collection of letters submitted to the Congressional Record written in support of an article on the Postville raid written by Erik Camayd-Freixas.

Interfaith Service And Walk Schedule Of Events

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The schedule of events for the interfaith service and walk held in Postville, Iowa on July 27, 2008.

Flores-Figueroa V. United States Petition

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A brief filed for Ignacio Flores-Figueroa in the appeal of a case of a Mexican citizen working in East Moline, Illinois who was convicted of identity theft. The grounds for the appeal were that the petitioner did not know that the social security and alien registration numbers he used were assigned to other people.

Interfaith Prayer Service Program

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The program of an interfaith prayer service, march, and rally held in Postville, Iowa on July 27, 2008.

Agricprocessors Inc. Osha Citations

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Documents listing the citations stemming from two different inspections, including a document that is a reassessment of the penalties of the inspection done in August of 2008.

Ice Application For Search Warrant

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The Immigration and Customs Enforcement application for a search warrant for the Agriprocessors plant in Postville, Iowa, signed on may 9, 2008.

Flores-Figueroa V. United States Response To Petition

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A brief filed for the United States in the appeal of a case of a Mexican citizen working in East Moline, Illinois who was convicted of identity theft. The grounds for the appeal were that the petitioner did not know that the social security and alien registration numbers he used were assigned to other people.