Topic: Iowa | VivirLatinoUS Latino life in blog form.Those Left Behind : Postville , Iowa- May 19, 2008 This is the face of what is left behind after the huge ICE raid in Postville, Iowa exactly one week ago today. Half of the school system's 600 students were absent Tuesday, including 90 percent of Hispanic children, because their parents were arrested or in hiding. Spencer S. Hsu - Washington Post (18 May 2008) What will happen to these children Will they get put into foster care Many of them are likely U.S. Citizens and pledge to the U.S. every morning in school. Oh the irony. It makes the...http://vivirlatino.com/2008/05/19/those-left-behind-postville-iowa.php Local Coverage of Postville, Iowa ICE Raid Surprisingly Fair- May 16, 2008 They didn't call them illegals. They mention the separation of families right from the get. Color me surprised by the local television coverage of the ICE raid in Iowa. Of course the woman who said that ICE raids was something "they" didn't think about, probably wasn't the thinking of the undocumented, immigrant community, because, trust me, raids are something that all immigrants community have been thinking and worrying about. Via Standing FIRMhttp://vivirlatino.com/2008/05/16/local-coverage-of-postville-iowa-ice-raid-surprisingly-f... Largest ICE Raid in Iowa Rounds Immigrants Up Like Cattle- May 14, 2008 It began on Monday, although many saw it coming before.Workers and immigration advocates in Iowa began girding for an immigration raid last week after learning that federal authorities had leased Waterloos Cattle Congress fairgrounds. Federal officials declined to explain their plans last week, but advocates worried the fairgrounds would be used as a detention center. Thats what happened in December 2006, when federal agents took people apprehended in a raid at the Swift & Co. meatpacking plant.http://vivirlatino.com/2008/05/14/largest-ice-raid-in-iowa-rounds-immigrants-up-like-cattl... |