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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Immigration raid leaves damaging mark on Postville, Iowa


"Postville is a stain on our judicial system," said David Leopold, a vice president of the Washington-based American Immigration Lawyers Assn., who argued that the plant workers were unfairly coerced and deprived of adequate legal protections.

In Postville, many resent being in the spotlight. Yet they are frustrated that more hasn't been done to offset the unanticipated damage.
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Posted by Claudia Rowe @ Equal Voice For Families at 9:36 AM

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