What do U think 2 Iowa towns, 2 perspectives on immigration raids?
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What do U think 2 Iowa towns, 2 perspectives on immigration raids?
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Associated Press Writer= POSTVILLE, Iowa (AP) â?? For immigrant advocates, the raid on a meatpacking plant in Postville last May was evidence of all that is wrong with large-scale arrests of illegal workers.
Families were hurt, and empty shops and lines at the food bank show that the town was, too. One rental agency says nearly 70 percent of its properties are vacant. The City Council even sought a federal disaster designation because of the lingering effects of the raid on the Agriprocessors kosher slaughterhouse.
"At what point do we acknowledge that the system is so broken that we're no longer willing to participate?" wondered Maryn Olson, a coordinator with Postville Response Coalition, a group established after the raid.
But as the Obama administration considers a new policy on immigration raids, another Iowa town less than 100 miles away has emerged from a raid on its largest employer with a different perspective.
People in Marshalltown acknowledge that scars remain from the December 2006 raid at the Swift & Co. meatpacking plant there, but the city of 25,000 has moved on.
Marshalltown Mayor Gene Beach said the raid hurt efforts to integrate Latinos into the larger community but that most residents have little sympathy for the 92 illegal immigrants arrested in Marshalltown during a sweep at Swift plants in six states.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement "has the right to come in, give adequate due process and treat them in a humane way," Beach said. "The current law is that people are to be legal, and ICE has the responsibility to enforce the law."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/8475315
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The people who are hurt are the citizens who are out of work because the illegal aliens have their jobs.
But Obama's homoland security forced the arresting officers to complete paperwork for the illegal aliens and gave them work permits. |
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MORE immigration raids are needed. We should enforce our immigration laws and secure our borders. Fine heavily the companies that hire illegals, stop all benefits for illegals, they will leave! |
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I think with the changes in how DHS handles these cases now.the kids may get put in foster care or be sent to live with relatives while the employees will be granted green cards and work permits in exchange for testifying against the company and this could take years with an over loaded court system |
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