Event Title
Postville Raid: U.S. Immigration Enforcement and the Effects on Immigrant Children and Families
Description
On May 12th, 2008, 389 undocumented workers were arrested by 900 heavily armed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents at Agriprocessors, Inc., the largest kosher slaughterhouse and meat-packing plant in the country. In just 4 days, nearly 300 of these workers were fast-tracked through the US legal system, convicted, imprisoned, deported. Families and communities were devastated. The raid itself cost taxpayers 5.2 million dollars. Argueta: “What began as a weekend trip to Iowa to see the first-hand effects of the raid has become my life’s passion. Since, I have traveled to Postville 25 times and 10 times to the mountain villages in Guatemala, home to the arrested workers. I’ve interviewed victims from the raid, community members, legal experts, Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchu, and many others”.
About the Lecturer: Luis Argueta, Guatemalan-born U.S citizen, film producer and director
Document Type
Event
Start Date
10-11-2010 12:00 PM
End Date
10-11-2010 1:15 PM
Location
Fairhaven College Auditorium
Resource Type
Moving image
Title of Series
World Issues Forum
Genre/Form
lectures
Contributing Repository
Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Foreign workers, Guatemalan--Iowa--Postville; Illegal aliens-Iowa--Postville; Postville Immigration Raid, Postville, Iowa, 2008; Detention of persons--Government policy--United States; Deportation--Government policy--United States
Geographic Coverage
Postville (Iowa)
Type
Moving image
Keywords
Postville, Undocumented workers, ICE raid, Agriprocessors, Inc.
Rights
This resource is displayed for educational purposes only and may be subject to U.S. and international copyright laws.
Language
English
Format
video/mp4
Postville Raid: U.S. Immigration Enforcement and the Effects on Immigrant Children and Families
Fairhaven College Auditorium
On May 12th, 2008, 389 undocumented workers were arrested by 900 heavily armed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents at Agriprocessors, Inc., the largest kosher slaughterhouse and meat-packing plant in the country. In just 4 days, nearly 300 of these workers were fast-tracked through the US legal system, convicted, imprisoned, deported. Families and communities were devastated. The raid itself cost taxpayers 5.2 million dollars. Argueta: “What began as a weekend trip to Iowa to see the first-hand effects of the raid has become my life’s passion. Since, I have traveled to Postville 25 times and 10 times to the mountain villages in Guatemala, home to the arrested workers. I’ve interviewed victims from the raid, community members, legal experts, Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchu, and many others”.
About the Lecturer: Luis Argueta, Guatemalan-born U.S citizen, film producer and director
