Thread: ICE agents detain, charge Postville man

ICE agents detain, charge Postville man
NIGEL DUARA • REGISTER STAFF WRITER • June 23, 2008

A Postville man was detained today on a busy street corner by immigration-enforcement agents in plainclothes.

Eduardo Ixen, a handyman who worked with real-estate firm GAL Investments, LTD., was detained this afternoon by two agents based on a tip, said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Tim Counts.

Ixen was charged with the being in the country illegally, Counts said, but said he didn’t know where Ixen was taken or what time he was arrested.

“All I can say is that all of our agents act on specifics pieces of intelligence,â€

Arrest and deport them all!!

Counts said Ixen was likely not on the list of 697 illegal immigrants from the Agriprocessors Inc. meatpacking plant sought in an affidavit.

Almost 700 fugitives from the law!! That's an awful lot of people in a small, rural area such as Postville which does not afford the opportunity to lose oneself in the crowd the way a more urban setting does.

Those folks had plenty of help in evading the authorities. Any bets that they were "terrified" residents being housed at the church? That they were most likely being smuggled out for temporary relocation in the multitude of vehicles coming and going during the "relief efforts"?


Nina Taylor, who said she’s been helping out at GAL since the raid, said she knew about Ixen’s arrest, but said he wasn’t officially employed by the real-estate company.


LOL.....is that the story they've been told to stick to?

Not officially employed by the real estate company and paying him in cash under the table provides a convenient little "out" against any potential consequences of hiring an IA, now doesn't it?