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Latham: Congressional Postville Visit Will Offer Firsthand Glimpse into National Immigration Debate

Started by CIM Network · 10 months ago

U.S. Rep. Tom Latham is hopeful that an upcoming trip by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus into Postville will allow more people to witness the aftermath of the May 12 immigration raid in the community, and allow policy makers to have a better understanding of the human and economic tolls of such ... Continue reading »

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  • noneed4thneed

    11 months ago

    Has Latham visited Postville?
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  • 2LaneIA

    11 months ago

    "Despite the men attacking the issue from two different vantage points, both Latham and Gutierrez seem to agree that a human face needs to be put on the national immigration debate — and that the face the debate needs might very well be in Postville."

    I am not clear on what Latham thinks about the immigration issue. He wants the "impact" to be understood, but does he condemn the tactics of the DHS, in Postville and elsewhere, and call for them to cease? How does he feel about the kangaroo court hearings engineered by DHS and the DOJ, as described in the New York Times and in the essay by a translator who was there? [See: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/07/14/...

    Does he stand with the Bush administration and his nutjob colleague, Steve King, who has demagogued this issue relentlessly? Is he primarily concerned with the problems of the meatpackers? Or is this one of those rare Republicans who is equally concerned about the suffering of the Mexicans and Guatemalans who endured great risk and hardship to try to find work, only to be railroaded to jail by DHS, leaving their families to starve?
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  • Sonja

    11 months ago

    American families like Mona Kilborns, Danielle Bolongas ,Dustin Inmans, are torn apart every day buy illegal aliens. Yet some how all the attention goes to illegal alien families that get torn apart by deportation of people that willingly and knowingly violate or laws. Identity theft is dismissed or considered minor because illegal aliens "HAD" to do it to support their families! Yet it cost identity theft victims time and money to get the situation straightened out. American families pay higher federal, state and local taxes to cover the cost of the social service programs. The only people that are claiming that our immigration laws are "BROKEN" and need to be "REFORMED" are the law breakers and profiteers!
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  • Noelle

    11 months ago

    If we enforce "our" laws, we're bad guys, and breaking up families?

    Any time you do something ILLEGAL, and have children, you have to know you may be caught and jailed, and therefore separated from your family.

    If a poor family sells crack to make ends meet, should we legalize crack?! No, you will most likely go to jail, and be separated from your family.

    How about if I go to a party, have a few drinks, and decide to drive home?! You better believe if I get caught, I will be paying dearly for YEARS to come, and it may separate my family.

    I already know the consequences.
    That is why I don't break the law, and separate my family.
    I don't blame the police, my local government, or my mean country.
    I'm glad these laws exist to help protect my family, and everyone else's.
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