Protesters gather in Postville
ASSOCIATED PRESS • July 27, 2008

An immigration rally has kicked off in Postville with protesters shouting "Si se puede," translated in English as "yes, we can."

Hundreds of people marched through the small Iowa town of about 2,200 today.

Busloads of people from Chicago, Minneapolis-St. Paul and other nearby cities came to protest a federal immigration raid of the Agriprocessors plant in May.

The march, which kicked off with a religious ceremony, is expected to reach the plant on the outskirts of town.

Marchers were met by a counter-protest of about 75 anti-immigration activists.

Nearly 400 people were arrested during the raid of the plant.

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