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Kosher meatpacker struggles after immigration raid
20 days ago
Three months after the nation's largest immigration raid, chickens and beef carcasses are again moving down the line at Agriprocessors' sprawling kosher meatpacking plant, but managers acknowledge that business still isn't back to normal.
Maria Matzir and Amival Toj leave the local food bank after picking up food and school supplies, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008, in Postville, Iowa. A May 12, 2008 raid by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at Agriprocessors, the world's largest kosher meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa, was the largest immigration raid in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Small town Iowa struggles after immigration raid
20 days ago
A vague unease whispered through this tiny town in northeastern Iowa, where the rolling hills are a study in vivid colors - red barns, white clapboard houses, and vibrant green cornfields plowed with almost architectural precision.
In this July 27, 2008 file photo trucks sit parked outside the Agriprocessors kosher meat packing plant, in Postville, Iowa. The Iowa Labor Commissioner's Office announced Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008, that it has uncovered dozens of alleged child labor violations at the plant. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Somalis fill vacant jobs at Iowa meatpacking plant
28 days ago
Nearly three months after a federal immigration raid uprooted almost 400 employees at a meatpacking plant in northeastern Iowa, dozens of Somali immigrants are slowly but steadily filling the depleted ranks left by the arrested workers.
Former child workers describe perilous environment
30 days ago
Luisa Lopez says no one asked about her age when she started working at the nation's largest kosher meatpacking plant. She was 17, and within days she was on a fast-moving poultry production line, wielding a long, sharp pair of scissors.
 

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