http://news.newamericamedia.org/news...6§ion_id=1
It's rather long and very heart-wrenching but provides much insight into the workings of the U.S. government in concern to immigration and small town matters. I know most of you won't read this, but I can hope that at least some of you do. Had anyone else even heard about the ICE Raids? I fear that too many Americans are ignorant of the things being done in their name, I can hope that you guys show me that that fear is unfounded. For the full affect I suggest you read some other articles but here is a brief synopsis below:
*THIS IS NOT A SUMMARY OF THE ARTICLE* Just back story
Back in May the ICE(Immigration And Customs Enforcement) organization performed the single largest raid for Illegal Immigrants in the history of the U.S. in a small town in Iowa. They raided a company called Agriprocessors whose workforce was about 75% illegal immigrants. They arrested some 300 illegal immigrants though they had search warrants for 697. Some were children others mothers whom they arrested some while releasing others for soon deportation. A lot of the immigrants were illiterate and this required an awful lot of interpreters to speak the U.S.'s case to the workers, the article is the firsthand account from one of the interpreters.
I'm pretty sure that ICE just raped this small town in Iowa, there's no way that the company can make a comeback after losing 75% of it's workforce while most of the people in town fled because they knew it would be a ghost town soon.
I suggest you give it a read.
It's rather long and very heart-wrenching but provides much insight into the workings of the U.S. government in concern to immigration and small town matters. I know most of you won't read this, but I can hope that at least some of you do. Had anyone else even heard about the ICE Raids? I fear that too many Americans are ignorant of the things being done in their name, I can hope that you guys show me that that fear is unfounded. For the full affect I suggest you read some other articles but here is a brief synopsis below:
*THIS IS NOT A SUMMARY OF THE ARTICLE* Just back story
Back in May the ICE(Immigration And Customs Enforcement) organization performed the single largest raid for Illegal Immigrants in the history of the U.S. in a small town in Iowa. They raided a company called Agriprocessors whose workforce was about 75% illegal immigrants. They arrested some 300 illegal immigrants though they had search warrants for 697. Some were children others mothers whom they arrested some while releasing others for soon deportation. A lot of the immigrants were illiterate and this required an awful lot of interpreters to speak the U.S.'s case to the workers, the article is the firsthand account from one of the interpreters.
I'm pretty sure that ICE just raped this small town in Iowa, there's no way that the company can make a comeback after losing 75% of it's workforce while most of the people in town fled because they knew it would be a ghost town soon.
At the local high school, only three of the 15 Latino students came back on Tuesday, while at the elementary and middle school, 120 of the 363 children were absent. In the following days the principal went around town on the school bus and gathered 70 students after convincing the parents to let them come back to school; 50 remained unaccounted for. Some American parents complained that their children were traumatized by the sudden disappearance of so many of their school friends. The principal reported the same reaction in the classrooms, saying that for the children it was as if ten of their classmates had suddenly died. Counselors were brought in. American children were having nightmares that their parents too were being taken away. The superintendant said the school district’s future was unclear: “This literally blew our town away.”
In some cases both parents were picked up and small children were left behind for up to 72 hours. Typically, the mother would be released “on humanitarian grounds” with an ankle GPS monitor, pending prosecution and deportation, while the husband took the first turn in serving his prison sentence. Meanwhile the mother would have no income and could not work to provide for her children. Some of the children were born in the United States and are American citizens. Sometimes one parent was a deportable alien while the other was not. “Hundreds of families were torn apart by this raid,” said a Catholic nun. “The humanitarian impact of this raid is obvious to anyone in Postville. The economic impact will soon be evident.”
In some cases both parents were picked up and small children were left behind for up to 72 hours. Typically, the mother would be released “on humanitarian grounds” with an ankle GPS monitor, pending prosecution and deportation, while the husband took the first turn in serving his prison sentence. Meanwhile the mother would have no income and could not work to provide for her children. Some of the children were born in the United States and are American citizens. Sometimes one parent was a deportable alien while the other was not. “Hundreds of families were torn apart by this raid,” said a Catholic nun. “The humanitarian impact of this raid is obvious to anyone in Postville. The economic impact will soon be evident.”
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