My stomach turns everytime I see another one of these stories.
In another large-scale workplace immigration crackdown, federal officials raided a factory here on Monday, detaining at least 350 workers they said were in the country illegally.Numerous agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement descended on a factory belonging to Howard Industries Inc., which manufactures electrical transformers, among other products.
The raid follows a similar large-scale immigration operation at a meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa, in May when nearly 400 workers were detained. That raid was a significant escalation of the Bush administration's enforcement practices because those detained were not simply deported, as in previous raids, but were imprisoned for months on criminal charges of using false documents.
See A Book Without a Cover for possible action you can take to stop these raids.
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hmmm, i'm bothered that the "anti-feminist book" entry currently has 77 comments, and this one seems to have gone unnoticed or at least not visibly outraged-over. granted that it's a quick hit, but still- come on, y'all, this is a feminist issue!!!
miriam, thanks for posting this. at a feminist majority conference last year, i heard someone (i think an attorney?) speak on her experiences with the meatpacking plant raids in greeley, colorado. totally horrific - the intimidation tactics, the noncommunication, deportation without notifying families where family members were taken, and governmental assumptions that non-civilian status means pissing on basic rights.
I'm with ya. This story makes my stomach hurt. The persecution of economic refugees needs to end.