Up to 700 arrests were made as federal authorities surrounded and raided Agriprocessors' (Rubashkin's) complex in Postville, Iowa. They were looking for illegal immigrants.
The ICE agents entered the Postville plant to execute a criminal search warrant for evidence relating to aggravated identity theft, fraudulent use of Social Security numbers and other crimes, said Tim Counts, a Midwest ICE spokesman. Agents are also executing a civil search warrant for people illegally in the United States, he said.Guess we'll see what this means.Immigration officials told aides to U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley that they expect 600 to 700 arrests. About 1,000 to 1,050 people work at the plant, according to Iowa Workforce Development.
Chuck Larson, a truck driver for Agriprocessing, was in the plant when the agents arrived. “There has to be 100 of them,” he said of the agents.
Larson said the agents told workers to stay in place then separated them by asking those with identification to stand to the right and those with other papers, to stand to the left.
“There was plenty of hollering,” Larson said. “You couldn’t go anywhere.” When asked who was separated, Larson said those standing in the group with other papers were all Hispanic.
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Another headline from the Des Moines Register, where this is the biggest thing to happen to Iowa since they discovered corn:
ReplyDeletePostville, Ia. - Rabbis who gathered Monday said they were confident the plant would remain open.
"We have a good boss, we have a good God," said one of them, Yehuda Cohen.
Another rabbi, Shneor Fridman, smiled when asked if he was worried about his job.
"Everybody's worried," he said. "I trust in God, but everybody is worried."
The rabbis don't work for Agriprocessors Inc., but rather for a rabbinical college in New York that certifies kosher products.
Around sunset, dozens of Jews gathered at a synagogue. The rabbis said the plant's owner, Aaron Rubashkin, who lives in New York, had called and asked the Jews of Postville to pray for the company [emphasis mine].
Yup, once it's waaaaaay too late, NOW it's time to daven for the company.
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