Monday, November 24, 2008

Today’s Video: Hard times in Postville

It was just over six months ago that a massive immigration raid shook up the town of Postville, Iowa. The reverberations of the raid are still being felt since that day in May. Along with other factors like the economic slowdown, the federal government’s short-sighted immigration policy has hit Postville hard.

As the following video from last night’s CBS Evening News shows, Postville’s people are desperately trying to survive:

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Sources- The Latin Americanist, desmoinesregister.com, chicagotribune.com, CBS News

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