Sioux City Journal

Federal class-action lawsuit filed in Postville immigration raid

9:56 AM

Posted: Friday, May 16, 2008

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) -- Three people arrested in this week's immigration raid at a meatpacking plant in Postville have filed a federal class-action lawsuit against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Division and several government officials.

The lawsuit was filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids. It claims Agriprocessors Inc. acquired false identification for workers, along with numerous allegations of abuse from supervisors. It also alleges the detainees haven't had adequate time for legal services.

The lawsuit was filed by Antonin Trinidad Candido, Roman Trinidad Candido and Maria del Refugio Masias, on behalf of an "unspecific number of detained immigrant workers." It was filed through the Peck Law Firm and Dornan & Lustgarten firm in Omaha, Neb.

ICE agents arrested nearly 400 people on Monday in the largest immigration raid in U.S. history.

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The laws wrote on May 16, 2008 7:31 PM:

" Right, Law breakers. So are the Employers, the Enforcement Mechanism,
and the Current Administration for not
enforcing the law. There could be an Executive Order to send them all back home. The Bush Dynasty hasn't done any thing about the problem. The Catholic
church is just as guilty for Harboring
them. There are many Illegals in this
county from all over the world. "

Good Luck to all of you wrote on May 16, 2008 7:24 PM:

" What you mean bro, "Ignorant". Ignorant are the business people that don't help change laws, allowing Immigrants to come for the American Dream that you take for granted. You're the same type that thinks its ok to stick an Oil Refinery in someones Dream so as to keep you own
alive. Then you stand in Long Lines
hoping you get Served Faster. You don't even Tip those that work for them. Will your family be rushing for their jobs? I doubt it. "

ignorant wrote on May 16, 2008 3:56 PM:

" "good luck to all of you". you are just plain ignorant and a burden on our society. Maybe you should move to Mexico? "

craig wrote on May 16, 2008 2:45 PM:

" oh no boohoo the illegals are going to get sent home what the jobs that moved down their werent enough for them go back to mexico " IF YOU ARE HERE ILLEGALLY THEN YOU GET SENT HOME ITS AGAINST THE LAW HELLO SOMEONE TRANSLATE THIS PLEASE SO THEY GET IT THIS IS NOT MEXICO!!!!!!!!!!!!!" "

Good Luck to all of you wrote on May 16, 2008 12:46 PM:

" Hopefully you will get to stay and help America out. Just like Oil Refineries,
they haven't done anything about Immigration for 30 years. You are new
and improved and help Economic Growth.
You help the Rich get richer, and take care of things we don't like to do.
Like work, clean-up, mow the grass, wash the car, cook, babysit, work in the nursing homes and hospitals for minimum wage. Thanks for picking most of the produce by hand on the Truck farms. "