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Jewish Groups Deliver Food to Oklahoma Victims
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... the responsibility of raising the funds necessary to pay for the food to be trucked from the Agri Star facility in Postville, Iowa to Oklahoma. Upon learning of the need for funds, the National Council of Young Israel, which worked together with ... Comment?
Vikes ready for playoffs Wednesday
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... ranked opposition into the tournament, following a 3-0 last week. The Vikes defeated Waverly-Shell Rock 1-0, Postville 2-0 and most recently, West Delaware 4-1, all last week. "In Decorah's most recent game against West Delaware, both Josh Lee and ... Comment?
... and animals at the nation's biggest kosher slaughterhouse and meat packing plant. The raid on Agriprocessors in Postville, Iowa, and the subsequent conviction of its owner on federal financial fraud brought more than shame to the Jewish community. ... Comment?
Magen Tzedek, Ethical Kosher Seal, Stalled Amid Orthodox Opposition
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... which was meant to respond to the scandal, appears hardly more active today than Agriprocessors, the plant in Postville, Iowa, that the feds' raid shut down. There is little evidence that the project has capitalized on the calls the scandal sparked ... Comment?
Ripple effect continues five years after immigration raid on Iowa plant
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... Iowa. The participants were commemorating t he fifth anniversary of the raid on the Agriprocessors Plant in Postville, which continues to have an impact far beyond the small town in a rural corner of the Dubuque Archdiocese. (CNS photo/Dan Russo, ... Comment?
Board of Supervisors discusses status of Agristar delinquent property tax case
... in Cedar Rapids for mediation regarding delinquent property taxes at the Agristar meat packing facility in Postville. Chairman Larry Schellhammer said that Agristar attorneys claimed that Allamakee County is "not being fair" in holding Agristar ... Comment?
Monday the Vikes took on Waverly-Shell Rock at home, winning 1-0. Tuesday night, despite a lightning delay, the Vikes came out on the field hot, winning 2-0 over Postville, again at home. Comment?
J.T. Rushing / Correspondent wrote a new blog post: Postville...
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... still have vivid memories of the May 12, 2008, immigration raid at the Agriprocessors meatpacking plant in Postville. Even five years later, the memories are so vivid that they have infused the discussion in Congress on overhauling the country's ... Comment?
Postville looks to the future five years after immigration raid
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... judges. Some were deported, others were allowed to stay under a variety of special circumstances. Rolling into Postville, with its fewer than 2,500 people in the space of two square miles, the city seems like any other small eastern Iowa town. A ... Comment?
New kosher market part of Postville's comeback
POSTVILLE, Iowa -- There are several big-box retail stores within a 20-mile drive of Postville, yet shoppers continue to stream to Glatt Market on Lawler Street. Comment?
ABUSED: THE POSTVILLE RAID looks at the effects of US Enforcement Immigration Policies on communities, families and children. Comment?
... nearly 18,000 missing and millions homeless. Also in 2008, U.S. immigration agents raided a meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa, arresting 389 immigration workers. Federal officers said it was the biggest immigration enforcement operation ever at a ... Comment?
On May 12, 2008, federal immigration agents and local law enforcement raided the former Agriprocessors meat packing facility in Postville and arrested nearly 400 immigrant workers, charging most with entering the country illegally and using false identification documents. Comment?
Five Years Later: Postville Still Healing After Agriprocessors Raid
... a northeast Iowa town forever. It was May 12, 2008, when federal agents descended on the Agriprocessors plant in Postville. Agents arrested and detained 389 workers from the kosher meat packing facility. Many of the workers were in Postville ... Comment?
Recalling 2008 raid, immigrants call for reform
... Iowa, where immigration officials held people arrested after a immigration raid of Agriprocessors Inc. plant in Postville, Iowa Monday, May 12, 2008. (Courier File Photo) I never see these church leaders indicate how illegals must accept ... Comment?
Events to recall 2008 raid at Iowa slaughterhouse
... courthouse at noon for a ritual remembering the 389 people arrested during the raid of the Agriprocessors plant in Postville on May 12, 2008. Event organizers say they planned to walk to Immaculate Conception Church for an interfaith service in ... Comment?
The Postville Raid, five years later
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People gathered outside the federal courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Friday afternoon to mark five years since the immigration raid on the Agriprocessors kosher meat packing plant in Postville. Comment?
March Being Held to Mark 5 Years Since Postville Raid
An estimated 250 people have turned out today for a march to recognize the fifth anniversary of the giant immigration raid at Postville. Comment?
Protestors march down Third Avenue SE Friday to mark the fifth anniversary of the immigration raid in Postville. Comment?
Friday Marks 5 Years Since Postville Immigration Raid
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... courthouse at noon for a ritual remembering the 389 people arrested during the raid of the Agriprocessors plant in Postville on May 12, 2008. Event organizers say they'll then walk to Immaculate Conception Church for an interfaith service in which ... Comment?