Forum looks at immigration and Postville incident
By Fred Love | Thursday, June 05, 2008 | 1 comment(s)

DES MOINES — Panelists at an immigration forum Thursday urged the federal government to stop carrying out raids like the one that detained nearly 400 workers at a Postville, Iowa, meatpacking plant.

Some on the panel said such raids only disrupt the communities in which they’re conducted.

“By raiding our employers that we feel might be hiring many undocumented workers, we’re causing such a trauma to so many communities, and we’re making no impact whatsoever to the real problem,â€