Immigration
Rubashkin faces up to 20 years in prison
Sholom Rubashkin, the former chief executive officer and vice president of Agriprocessors, has been charged by the U.S. Attorney’s Office with conspiracy to harbor undocumented aliens for profit, aiding and abetting document fraud, and aiding and abetting aggravated identity theft.
The politics of Agriprocessors and ‘cracking down on CEOs’
The Iowa Independent broke the news today that former Agriprocessors CEO Sholom Rubashkin has been arrested by federal officials for allegedly conspiring to hire undocumented workers for financial gain. Since Election Day is only days away, the story is likely to have a political impact.
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Nearly $10 million more in bad news for Agriprocessors
“Once again, Agriprocessors has demonstrated a complete disregard for Iowa law,” Dave Neil, Iowa labor commissioner, said in a prepared statement this morning. “This continued course of violations is a black mark on Iowa’s business community.”
Postville Mayor describes ‘freaky nightmare’ to national press
Postville Mayor Bob Penrod is speaking out to the national media about what the May 12 immigration enforcement action at Agriprocessors meant to his community, and what it didn’t.
Agriprocessors HR employees plead not guilty
Two women, previous employees in the Agriprocessors human resources department, pleaded not guilty in federal court today to charges related to illegal immigration.
Agriprocessors employee faces two-year prison sentence
A 26-year-old Guatemalan man who previously worked at Agriprocessors in Postville will soon begin a two-year sentence in federal prison for identity theft.
New York attorney is new CEO at Agriprocessors
After nearly four months of searching, the Postville meatpacking plant that was the site of a massive May immigration raid has named a new chief executive officer.
Two Agriprocessors HR employees indicted
Two human resource managers at Agriprocessors, the kosher meatpacking plant in Postville that was the site of a massive May 12 immigration raid, were indicted today by a grand jury.
Karina Freund, 29, of Fayette, and Laura Althouse, 38, of Postville, are now scheduled for arraignment Sept. 24.
Schweitzer Q&A: Montana guv talks politics, immigration
With Montana’s first dog, Jag, frolicking nearby, that state’s bolo-tie-wearing governor, Brian Schweitzer, fielded questions at Sen. Tom Harkin’s steak fry Sunday in Indianola. A popular Democrat from a conservative Mountain West state, he shared his thoughts on the tightening presidential race, and he connected his own family history to the subject of immigration reform.
Postville’s economy in flux
More storefronts are empty now in downtown Postville than they were four months ago when federal immigration enforcement agents raided the large Agriprocessors Inc. meatpacking plant in town. But that’s only part of the story when it comes to the town’s economy.