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The Legacy of the Biggest Immigration Raid

The Legacy of the Biggest Immigration Raid

FromIn The Thick


The Legacy of the Biggest Immigration Raid

FromIn The Thick

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Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Aug 24, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In 2008, ICE agents descended on a small rural town in Iowa for their largest operation in the history of the United States. As a result, the population of Postville was slashed almost in half and its economy collapsed. Maria and Julio talk to Almudena Toral and Ronny Rojas, two of the journalists behind a new documentary from Univision detailing the aftermath of the raid.   ITT Staff Picks


Watch the full documentary on Postville, at the Univision site for free (available in English and Spanish).
Do immigrants actually "steal" jobs in small rural towns? This American Life asked an economist to answer this question.
Read this report from the Center for American Progress on the financial costs of mass deportation.
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Released:
Aug 24, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

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Journalists tell you what you’re missing from the mainstream news. Co-hosted by award-winning journalists Maria Hinojosa and Julio Ricardo Varela, IN THE THICK has the conversations about race, identity and politics few people are discussing or want to discuss.