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Government, Human Rights, Immigration, Palabra Final

Eyewitness comes forward to tell the true story of what happened at Postville, Iowa

Jul 9, 2008, 1:00 PM 31

LatinaLista — The Immigration and Customs Enforcement or ICE Department of Homeland Security has a lot of job responsibilities. According to their web site: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the largest investigative arm of the Department of Homeland…

Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics

When will Democrats smarten up and realize they’re being set up as the fall-guy for Bush Administration’s deportation overkill?

Jun 2, 2008, 7:21 PM 30

LatinaLista — It’s official — the Bush Administration can’t leave the kind of Mideast legacy that they envisioned entailing where this President would be honored and thanked by people of the Mideast for bringing democracy and relieving oppression in…

Children, Government, Immigration, Palabra Final

Why do we watch and say nothing while ICE traumatizes the children of the undocumented?

May 23, 2008, 10:31 AM 34

LatinaLista — Earlier this week, a congressional hearing was held in Washington, DC to discuss the impacts of immigration raids, conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials, on children and families. ICE representatives, community leaders from across the…

Government, Immigration, Palabra Final

Homeland Security ignored Iowa officials’ pleas to postpone Postville raid until criminal investigation of plant management completed

May 19, 2008, 5:44 PM 9

LatinaLista — In Washington, D.C. tomorrow, there will be a hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections to discuss the impact of Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids on children and…

Government, Immigration, Palabra Final

Update: Latino community still under siege in Postville and Waterloo, Iowa

May 17, 2008, 4:11 PM 13

LatinaLista — On Monday, May 12, the biggest single-site immigration raid in the history of the country took place in Postville, Iowa where 389 suspected undocumented immigrants who were worked for Agriprocessors Inc., a kosher meat-processing plant, were detained….

Immigration, Palabra Final

Postville Latino community leaders ask, “What good comes from tearing so many families apart?”

May 13, 2008, 7:28 PM 19

“We only want to know one thing — what good comes from displacing so many families? Mario Basurto, project coordinator of the Centro Latinoamericano, asking about the ICE raid in Postville, Iowa. LatinaLista — Yesterday’s Postville raid at the…

Children, Government, Immigration, Palabra Final

ICE agents park across street from Hispanic-dominant elementary school and lie in wait

May 6, 2008, 6:39 PM 8

LatinaLista — On a day that has everyone on edge to see who will come out ahead in tonight’s elections, there are pockets of the country where people are nervous for quite another reason. In parts of the country…

Business, Government, Immigration, Palabra Final

Dallas Latino Night Clubs and Restaurants Raided by ICE

Mar 30, 2008, 5:02 PM 12

LatinaLista — Saturday nights are busy nights for any night club or restaurant in any part of the world. Yet, for 26 such Latino establishments in Dallas, last night wasn’t just busy but chaotic and frightening for workers and…

Causes, Immigration, Palabra Final, Social Justice

Latina Lista Calls for a Stop on Raids and Deportations for the Remainder of 2007

Dec 13, 2007, 7:14 PM 13

LatinaLista — It was called Operation Tamale and ICE officials claim it was a 5-month investigation into the hiring practices of New Mexico’s tamale plant at Proper Foods, Inc. What’s pleasantly surprising is that for the first time that…

Economy, Government, Immigration, Palabra Final

Department of Homeland Security Touts Apprehension Record But Overlooks Undocumented Labor Used at Their Own Detention Facility

Nov 6, 2007, 4:57 PM 26

LatinaLista — A UPI story published last week revealed that two weeks prior, the number of illegals detained nationwide surpassed 30,000. (Source: NYTimes) On the heels of this revelation is news that the Williamson County, Texas commissioners voted to…

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