Jake and MJ, two videographers associated with Blogs for Borders, were able to raise the necessary funds to make the trip from their home in the Chicago area to Postville. They plan to document the march and demonstration as well as the counter-demonstrations that have been planned.

“We thought it was important to be here today because we don’t always think the media paints a fair picture of both sides on this issue,” MJ said. “We are here today with plans to document it all.”

Because the May 12 immigration raid on Agriprocessors in Postville was the largest single-site action in the nation’s history, Jake said that the community has become “one of the central fronts in the national immigration debate.”

“Obviously, there were people here who had come into this country illegally,” he said. “There are many people who are coming to Postville today who are saying there should be no enforcement of our nation’s immigration laws.”