1st Anniversary of Postville immigration raid


	1st Anniversary of Postville immigration raid

masbury

5-13-2009 7:29 PM

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postville, immigration

masbury says:

Workers, Iowa town, Guatemalan hometowns devastated; workers arrested for using numbers given them by management - which turned out to be fake social security numbers. Tragic family devastations that will never be forgotten.

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