Published May 30, 2008 12:24 am -

Coverage of Postville raid misses the point




I have read the public reaction to the Postville raid and am amazed at how the press and local politicians have missed the point so badly. The direction of the story has been to blame the government for making the raid, discussing the economic hardship it might bring to the community, with our own mayor bemoaning what would happen were there to be a raid in Ottumwa. The real story has been clouded with political correctness and misguided concern for the immigrant population.


In 1906, author Upton Sinclair wrote “The Jungle,â€