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A small town struggles after immigration raid
myway.com ^ | August 16, 2008 | MONICA RHOR

Posted on 08/16/2008 6:45:36 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy

POSTVILLE, Iowa (AP) - A vague unease whispered through this tiny town in northeastern Iowa, where the rolling hills are a study in vivid colors - red barns, white clapboard houses, and vibrant green cornfields plowed with almost architectural precision.



TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: aliens; illegals; immigrantlist
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"Oh my God, we have a big problem here"

Yes, we do. And it's about damned time the federal government started doing something about it.

1 posted on 08/16/2008 6:45:37 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy
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To: Bubba_Leroy

Pull up the buses and ship em out!


2 posted on 08/16/2008 6:48:33 PM PDT by purpleraine
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To: Bubba_Leroy
A vague unease whispered through this tiny town in northeastern Iowa, where the rolling hills are a study in vivid colors - red barns, white clapboard houses, and vibrant green cornfields plowed with almost architectural precision.

Real cute, Monica.

3 posted on 08/16/2008 6:48:53 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Bubba_Leroy

lots of American 16-17 yr olds. walking around doing nothing but listening to their iPods and playing Wii... give them those jobs.


4 posted on 08/16/2008 6:49:51 PM PDT by Ancient Drive
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To: Bubba_Leroy

Postville, Slave Labor Capitol of the Midwest.

Wonder if that will fit on the sign?


5 posted on 08/16/2008 6:50:48 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: Bubba_Leroy

Take out the trash.


6 posted on 08/16/2008 6:52:55 PM PDT by South40
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To: purpleraine

yeah,and fine the company that hired them,,I mean really hefty!


7 posted on 08/16/2008 6:52:59 PM PDT by coalman (type to slow to be relevant,but I try)
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To: BurbankKarl

I’m not saying that. It’s like here in CA. The hispanics chant this is their territory and they want it back. it was a craphole when they gave it up and now they want it back with the trillion dollar infrastructure.


8 posted on 08/16/2008 6:53:15 PM PDT by Ancient Drive
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“About 150 Somalis, refugees who live and work legally in this country, have arrived to work at Agriprocessors since the raid. . . In the evenings, the long, lanky men in loose fitting clothes and women, swathed in traditional Muslim dresses and hijabs, can often be seen walking from the meatpacking plant to downtown.”

I think I prefer the Guatemalans, thank you.


9 posted on 08/16/2008 6:53:49 PM PDT by CondorFlight (I)
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To: BurbankKarl

All the profiteers of these slave laborers are disgusting and inhumane. Ship the Latinos home and put the creeps running these concentration camps in prison where they belong!


10 posted on 08/16/2008 6:54:09 PM PDT by Comparative Advantage
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To: Bubba_Leroy

So the orthodox guys will hire Somali Muslims to keep their kosher meatpacking plant running?


11 posted on 08/16/2008 6:54:13 PM PDT by proxy_user
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To: Bubba_Leroy

Quick! Somebody call the WHAAAAAAAAAmbulance!


12 posted on 08/16/2008 6:57:26 PM PDT by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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***Like the Hasidic Jews who came to the town in 1987 to open the meatpacking plant, and the Eastern Europeans who made up the first band of workers there, the influx of Guatemalans and Mexicans had both buffeted and bolstered this quiet community - until it reached a new cultural equilibrium. ***

UNLIKE the Hasidic Jews, they were ILLEGAL.


13 posted on 08/16/2008 6:59:51 PM PDT by irishtenor (Check out my blog at http://boompa53.blogspot.com/)
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To: Bubba_Leroy

“They are asking ‘What’s going to happen to the town? Do we have the strength to make another adjustment?’””

Hilarious liberal-psychobabble.

The owners have a problem, though. Legal Somalis will be a lot harder to push around than illegal Guatemalans. Heck, they might even have to give them (horrors) a raise!


14 posted on 08/16/2008 7:00:35 PM PDT by Shermy (Lolo Soetoro Was A "Nominal Muslim" Who Enjoyed Bacon - stupid and insulting in one, typical Obama)
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To: martin_fierro

Awesomely astute observation. My housing situation is in violation of some local ordinances. I will blame no one but myself if the code is enforced.

Too bad one of those choppers couldn’t have lobbed some explosives right down Mr. “We have a problem here” Mayor’s chimney.


15 posted on 08/16/2008 7:05:33 PM PDT by at bay ("We actually did an evil......" Eric Schmidt, CEO, Google)
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To: CondorFlight

I think I prefer the Guatemalans, thank you.
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Double dittos on that.

Actually, there’s even more to the story, when you bring in the Chinese, legal immigrants on work visas for whom Postville was just a waystop, who never intended to stay there, and who were never expected to stay there by their sponsors at the meat-packing plant. Nice income stream for them; I wonder if it’s dried up at all?

http://projectusa.org/2008/05/18/biggest-immig-raid-ever-much-worse-than-you-think/


16 posted on 08/16/2008 7:14:39 PM PDT by heartwood
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To: heartwood

Boycott the B*******


17 posted on 08/16/2008 7:20:55 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U
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Gains and losses...............

Immigration raids are boon to Texas labor recruiters

From a cluttered office suite a block off Main Street in this city near the Mexican border, Bravo, his father Jose and their Bravo Labor Agency set out to fill the void. So far, they've recruited about 200 workers for Agriprocessors, sending them north on buses in batches of 10 to 15.

Bravo and other recruiters applaud the recent crackdowns by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at jobsites in Iowa, Texas and elsewhere.


18 posted on 08/16/2008 7:22:56 PM PDT by deport ( ----Cue Spook y Music---)
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To: TribalPrincess2U

Anyone that doesn’t cover their identity is fine with me.

I’m beginning to like the Guats more and more.


19 posted on 08/16/2008 7:32:02 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U
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To: TribalPrincess2U

Boycott the B*******
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Heck, I’ve boycotted them all my life (never kept kosher).


20 posted on 08/16/2008 7:39:46 PM PDT by heartwood
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