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Iowa Rally Protests Raid and Conditions at Plant

JULIA PRESTON

POSTVILLE, Iowa — About 1,000 people, including Hispanic immigrants, Catholic clergy members, rabbis and activists, marched through the center of this farm town on Sunday and held a rally at the entrance to a kosher meatpacking plant that was raided in May by immigration authorities. Read more…

After Iowa Raid, Immigrants Fuel Labor Inquiries

Julia Preston

POSTVILLE, Iowa — When federal immigration agents raided the kosher meatpacking plant here in May and rounded up 389 illegal immigrants, they found more than 20 under-age workers, some young as 13. Read more…

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