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Religious Leaders: Immigrants Suffering After Raid |
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Written by Barry Hart
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Thursday, 03 July 2008 |
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Religious leaders and Immigration Reform Advocates claim the human suffering caused by a raid on a Postville, Iowa meat packing plant continues and officials are ignoring the problem. The May 12th raid at Agriprocessors, Inc., the nations largest kosher meat packing plant, has left dozens of women unable to work and support their children, forcing them to rely on handouts from local churches, several people said Wednesday on a conference call arranged by America's Voice, an Immigration Reform Group, according to the Associated Press. ICE agents arrested 389 workers at the plant, of which about 300 pleaded guilty and were sentenced on federal charges. There remains 42 women and 2 men who must remain in Postville, a small northeast Iowa town and wear ankle bracelets so federal officials can track their movement. Between them are 80 children. Representatives of Jewish groups also criticized work conditions at the Postville plant that were alleged in a federal search warrant. After the May raid, the group asked Agriprocessors to adhere to their religious values. The group, along with other Jewish organizations has asked consumers to look for alternate kosher meat products. According to Rabbi Morris Allen, "it is clear they were aware of serious issues of health, safety, wages being shorted... all sorts of management practices and which they never made an attempt to change", he said. |
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Protesters Want Immigration Reform, Not Roundups |
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Written by Lloyd Gray
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Wednesday, 02 July 2008 |
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Activists from immigrants' rights groups rallied outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in Baltimore on yesterday to protest illegal immigration raids that they say are both ineffective and harmful to children. Members of the National Capital Immigrant Coalition, CASA de Maryland and churches rallied a day after 45 people were arrested at the office of Annapolis Painting Services in Annapolis. Officials also raided 15 homes believed to be owned by the local painting company. All arrests were related to administrative immigration violations, ICE said. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 02 July 2008 )
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Online FOIA Status Check Now Available |
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Written by Jordana Hart
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Tuesday, 01 July 2008 |
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has launched an online Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request Status Check service providing customers a quick and secure way to check the status of requests they have made under FOIA.
Customers can use the online service anytime by entering their assigned NRC control number (located on the letters they receive from FOIA unit) to get an immediate response on the status of their FOIA request. The customer will then receive either a ‘pending’ or ‘processed’ response. A pending response indicates to the customer the position of their request relative to all other requests in the same processing track. A ‘processed’ request indicates that the request was processed and the customer will be provided that processing date. USCIS says it intends to update the status information daily.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 01 July 2008 )
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