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Stories Tagged "Marshalltown"

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Swift: One Year Later

posted on December 18, 2007 at 9:42 AM

For the nearly 30,000 residents of Marshalltown, IA, December 12, 2006, was the day their town made national headlines for all the wrong reasons. While proponents of stronger immigration policies are heartened by the rollback of illegal entries, the human and community impact of last year’s raids in Iowa endures.

Tags: immigration economy Marshalltown job market

News Analysis: December 17, 2007

posted on December 17, 2007 at 6:01 PM

Jeneane Beck of Iowa Public Radio and Ken Larson of the Marshalltown Times-Republican discuss the one-year anniversary of the Swift raids and the latest developments in the 2008 presidential campaign.

Tags: news analysis campaign 2008 politics Democrats Republicans John McCain Hillary Clinton immigration Marshalltown

Immigration Issues in Iowa

posted on December 17, 2007 at 6:01 PM

Immigration Issues in Iowa Iowa House Minority Leader Chris Rants and Sister Christine Feagan of Hispanic Ministries discuss the state of immigration in Iowa one year after the Swift raids in Marshalltown.

Tags: immigration job market economy Marshalltown