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Press Release: El Centro Responds to the Needs of Postville Raid

By Becky Ogann

This press release comes to TV9 from El Centro Latinoamericano.

El Centro Latinoamericano, the Latino resource center in Waterloo has been responding to the many needs that have been identified by the detainees, their family members and community advocates in Postville and across Eastern Iowa. We have many needs, but most of all we need help financially. We have volunteers and staff members who have been driving back and forth to Postville everyday, transporting family members who want to come to Waterloo to visit their family members who are in detention at the Cattle congress in Waterloo. We have a number of people staying in Waterloo who are waiting for their family members to be released from detention. We have had a number of minors (between 12 and 17) who are in detention that we have been working on getting released (two were released last night). We are providing all of these people with food, shelter, clothing, diapers, baby formula, and other necessities. Our office is being utilized by the press, out of town attorneys and others as a staging point to make phone calls, copies, interview people and help with filling out and filing important documents.

We desperately need financial donations to help pay for these costs. El Centro is a very small non-profit organization and we are overwhelmed with the financial burden that this tragedy is causing. If your congregation or organization can help with a financial donation, please contact any Veridian Credit Union in the State and ask for the “Postville Support” account. You can also drop off donations to
El Centro which is located at 500 E. 4th Street, Suite 321 in Waterloo. For more information, please call 319-234-2660.
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Saturday, May 31 at 7:03 PM God's children wrote ...

Illegal immigration exists everywhere. I feel like there's no point in holding a grudge against illegal immigrants for trying to navigate through a harsh, inhumane world and global economic system. They're God's children too. Anyway, donation is not something that can be coerced. If one doesn't feel inclined to commit to this cause, that's his/ her privilege. But do commit some of your time and resources to something or somebody. Poverty and crisis affect every race and nationality.

Monday, May 19 at 6:36 PM Fuming! wrote ...

The more I read about how illegal criminals are getting away with breaking laws, the madder I get! Anyone who donates needs to have their head examined! Donate to our citizens not illegal criminals!

Thursday, May 15 at 5:56 PM Ex_OC wrote ...

Have you tried calling the govts of Mexico, Guatemala, Ukraine, and Israel? They're their citizens, not ours. Sorry, this American is NOT donating.

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