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Lawmakers Call For Agriprocessors Probe, Josh Nelson May 2008

Lawmakers Call For Agriprocessors Probe, Josh Nelson

Postville Project Documents

Reporting on the call by the Iowa congressional delegation for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to conduct a full investigation of Agriprocessors' hiring practices in the wake of the raid at the Postville plant.


File Inspectors Tour Cattle Congress Grounds, Jeff Reinitz May 2008

File Inspectors Tour Cattle Congress Grounds, Jeff Reinitz

Postville Project Documents

Reporting on the results of the fire marshal's inspection of the temporary Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center housing those detained from the Agriprocessors plant raid in Postville.


Detainees Moved From Ncc Grounds, Jeff Reinitz May 2008

Detainees Moved From Ncc Grounds, Jeff Reinitz

Postville Project Documents

Reporting on the initial processing of the people detained in the raid on the Agriprocessors plant in Postville, including the number of people arrested on criminal charges and those released on humanitarian grounds.


Concern Raised Over Israeli Detained In Raid, Josh Nelson May 2008

Concern Raised Over Israeli Detained In Raid, Josh Nelson

Postville Project Documents

Reporting on the experience of a friend of one of the detainees from the Agriprocessors raid in trying to find out what had happened to their friend.


Agriprocessors Keeps Plant Running; Hiring Replacements May 2008

Agriprocessors Keeps Plant Running; Hiring Replacements

Postville Project Documents

Reporting that the Agriprocessors plant was operating at reduced capacity after the immigration raid. A spokesperson also stated the company was "enhancing its immigration compliance procedures."


Letter To The Editor; Raid Was Long Overdue, Martin Winter May 2008

Letter To The Editor; Raid Was Long Overdue, Martin Winter

Postville Project Documents

Letter to the editor proposing fining employers for every undocumented worker they hire.


El Centro Seeks Donations To Help Detainees May 2008

El Centro Seeks Donations To Help Detainees

Postville Project Documents

Reporting on El Centro Latinamericano's need for donations to assist those impacted by the Agriprocessors raid.


Letter To The Editor; Illegal Immigration Is Illegal, Jeanne Tocco May 2008

Letter To The Editor; Illegal Immigration Is Illegal, Jeanne Tocco

Postville Project Documents

A letter to the editor expressing the opinion that those who immigrate illegally have broken the law.


Court Kept Busy By Parade Of Detainees, Jeff Reinitz, Josh Nelson May 2008

Court Kept Busy By Parade Of Detainees, Jeff Reinitz, Josh Nelson

Postville Project Documents

Reporting on the ways the court proceedings were being conducted in the wake of the Agriprocessors immigration raid.


Governance By Agreements: Why Do Local Governments Enter Into Multilateral Agreements?, Simon Andrew May 2008

Governance By Agreements: Why Do Local Governments Enter Into Multilateral Agreements?, Simon Andrew

Working Group on Interlocal Services Cooperation

While much can be learned about the roles of interjurisdictional agreements between two jurisdictions, little is known about the range and scope of multilateral agreements (MLAs) in the provision of collective goods. Based on the theory of institutional collective action, this paper explores two characteristics of agreements: restrictive and adaptive, and seeks to understand why local governments enter into one arrangement and not the other. This paper argues that the local government decisions to enter into MLAs are influenced by the characteristics of goods and services, the nature of interjurisdictional relations, the geographic configuration of governments, and the number of …


Postville Reeling After Raid, Jens Manuel Krogstad, Dennis Magee May 2008

Postville Reeling After Raid, Jens Manuel Krogstad, Dennis Magee

Postville Project Documents

Reporting on the viewpoints of the people living in Postville in the days after the Agriprocessors immigration raid.


Archbishop Hanus To Celebrate Mass In Postville Saturday May 2008

Archbishop Hanus To Celebrate Mass In Postville Saturday

Postville Project Documents

Reporting that the Dubuque Archbishop would celebrate Mass in English and Spanish the Saturday after the Agriprocessors immigration raid.


Ncc Officials Thought Grounds For Homeland Security Training, Drew Andersen May 2008

Ncc Officials Thought Grounds For Homeland Security Training, Drew Andersen

Postville Project Documents

Reporting that the board of the National Cattle Congress was unaware of what the federal government intended to do on the grounds of the Congress when they rented the buildings to the General Services Administration.


Raid Now Largest Ever, Josh Nelson May 2008

Raid Now Largest Ever, Josh Nelson

Postville Project Documents

Reporting on the Agriprocessors immigration raid two days after the raid took place.


Update; Court Hearings Held On The Dance Floor, Jeff Reinitz May 2008

Update; Court Hearings Held On The Dance Floor, Jeff Reinitz

Postville Project Documents

Reporting on the initial court proceedings for the individuals detained after the immigration raid at the Agriprocessors plant in Postville.


Scared Relatives Huddling Inside Postville Church, Jens Manuel Krogstad May 2008

Scared Relatives Huddling Inside Postville Church, Jens Manuel Krogstad

Postville Project Documents

Reporting on the people staying at St. Bridget's Catholic Church in Postville in the days after the immigration raid at the Agriprocessors plant.


Several Hundred Arrested In Immigration Raid Here Monday May 2008

Several Hundred Arrested In Immigration Raid Here Monday

Postville Project Documents

Reporting on the raid of the Agriprocessors plant in Postville, Iowa.


Braley Calls For Agriprocessors Investigation; Staff Tours Ncc Detention Area, Josh Nelson May 2008

Braley Calls For Agriprocessors Investigation; Staff Tours Ncc Detention Area, Josh Nelson

Postville Project Documents

Reporting on the actions taken by Congressman Bruce Braley and the staff of Senators Tom Harkin and Charles Grassley after the Agriprocessors raid


Supt. Strudthoff Praises Administration, Faculty, Staff & Students For Assistance During I. C. E. Raid; Board To Hire Interim Superintendent May 2008

Supt. Strudthoff Praises Administration, Faculty, Staff & Students For Assistance During I. C. E. Raid; Board To Hire Interim Superintendent

Postville Project Documents

Reporting on the first Board of Education meeting after the Agriprocessors raid where Superintendent Strudthoff commended all the administration, teachers, staff, and students on how they handled the situation with the raid, making sure all the students impacted would be safe.


Editorial; Raid Shows Need For Immigration Reform May 2008

Editorial; Raid Shows Need For Immigration Reform

Postville Project Documents

Editorial on the need for changes to the immigration laws of the United States given the raid on the Agriprocessors plant.


Detainees Go To Court In A Ballroom, Jeff Reinitz May 2008

Detainees Go To Court In A Ballroom, Jeff Reinitz

Postville Project Documents

Reporting on the first court appearance for individuals charge as a result on the immigration raid on the Agriprocessors plant in Postville.


Some Turn To Their Faith Following Raid, Karen Heinselman May 2008

Some Turn To Their Faith Following Raid, Karen Heinselman

Postville Project Documents

Reporting on a vigil held at the Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Waterloo in the aftermath of the Agriprocessors immigration raid.


Postville Raid Was Largest At Single Site In History, Josh Nelson May 2008

Postville Raid Was Largest At Single Site In History, Josh Nelson

Postville Project Documents

Reporting on the Agriprocessors immigration raid two days after the raid, at that time the largest single-site enforcement operation in the United States.


City Of Las Vegas Human Resources Promotional Selection Process Program Evaluation, Rik Holman, Cecil Johnson, April Thomas, Steve Weber May 2008

City Of Las Vegas Human Resources Promotional Selection Process Program Evaluation, Rik Holman, Cecil Johnson, April Thomas, Steve Weber

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The City of Las Vegas Human Resources Department requested the evaluation team examine the perception of fairness in the promotional selection process as demonstrated by the results of the 2007 Diversity and Inclusion Survey and related complaints from some of the employees. Based on discussions with the Human Resources department and subsequent interviews with other stakeholders, the main focus of the evaluation team covered the strengths and weaknesses of the promotional process and determining the reasons for the perceived preferential treatment in the promotional process as expressed by city employees who responded to the 2007 Diversity and Inclusion Survey. While …


Recruit Training Academy Las Vegas Fire And Rescue, Kristin Cooper, Christine Dudas, Torrell Huber, Stephanie Jordan, Darryl Martin May 2008

Recruit Training Academy Las Vegas Fire And Rescue, Kristin Cooper, Christine Dudas, Torrell Huber, Stephanie Jordan, Darryl Martin

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

After the retirement of Fire Chief Washington, the Las Vegas City Manager, Doug Selby and the Deputy City Manager, Betsy Fretwell sought input from Fire Department personnel on what qualities they would like to see in a new fire chief. Selby and Fretwell visited all fire department personnel, whether located in a fire station (called "the floor") or in administration. While Selby and Fretwell did learn about the leadership qualities the fire fighting personnel expected in a new chief, they also heard serious concerns expressed about the Recruit Training Academy (the Academy) and the quality of the rookies it was …


Rights Workshop Held Amid Immigration Raid Fears, Jens Manuel Krogstad May 2008

Rights Workshop Held Amid Immigration Raid Fears, Jens Manuel Krogstad

Postville Project Documents

Reporting on a workshop covering the rights of immigrants organized by El Centro Latinoamericano in response to rumors of an immigration raid.


Undercover Worker Aided Agents, Jeff Reinitz May 2008

Undercover Worker Aided Agents, Jeff Reinitz

Postville Project Documents

Reporting on the investigations that took place in the lead up to the Agriprocessors immigration raid, including the experience of a confidential source's at the plant.


Postville Detainees Include Guatemalans, Other Nationalities, And Some Juveniles May 2008

Postville Detainees Include Guatemalans, Other Nationalities, And Some Juveniles

Postville Project Documents

Reporting on the nationalities of the detainees of the Agriprocessors immigration raid and on some of the actions being done in the wake of the raid by El Centro Latinoamericano and the Guatemalan consulate.


Car Registrations; Titles Included In Ice Investigation, Jeff Reinitz May 2008

Car Registrations; Titles Included In Ice Investigation, Jeff Reinitz

Postville Project Documents

Reporting on how immigration agents used car registrations and titles as part of the raid at the Agriprocessors plant.


Detainees Heading To Court This Afternoon, Josh Nelson May 2008

Detainees Heading To Court This Afternoon, Josh Nelson

Postville Project Documents

Reporting on the start of the court proceedings for the people detained in the immigration raid at the Agriprocessors plant.