Children Affected by Raid Gather at Church

By Justin Foss, Reporter

By Becky Ogann

POSTVILLE - After the Postville immigration raid, many of the children affected are now taking sanctuary at a Postville church.

The superintendent says 1/3 of his elementary students weren't in class. Most of those missing students were at the shelter at St. Bridget's Catholic Church or at their own homes.

Some of the high school students are now looking after the younger kids.

After studying history, one student compared this to being in Germany in World War II.

"I feel like a Jew in the second world war. The exception is they aren't killing anybody, but they are destroying the families," said Jonathan, a Postville H.S. student.

Thursday, May 15 at 1:15 AM To PM Gary wrote ...

mexico and the US did go to war, and course took half of mexico. But the fact of the matter is instead of going to each others heads we should unite. i agree that no every illegal is a saint, but neither are whites. just look at our troops, most of them are immigrants what would happen if they weren't here? that fact is we need immigrants as much as they need the US.

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Wednesday, May 14 at 4:48 PM Garry wrote ...

Reply to the 11:28AM Legal Mexicain: As a Native American, you (Mexicain Americain)stated that the (whites) stole your land in the western part of the United States. Well as a American Native, it was the Spainards and Mexicains that defeated, stoled and enslaved the Indians of the west in the name of the Church and for it's own wealth. I think you forgot that the United States and Mexico went to war and part of the surender of Mexico was the lands of Texas and westen part of the United States

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Wednesday, May 14 at 4:16 PM Frank Medberry wrote ...

Its not the illegals causing the problem, it is the employer that is doing this magic act to deter the publics vision on what is happening. WAKE UP!!! Read between the lines and see that the employers are not being put into buses and hauled off to jail. The laws are in place to enforce that we have on the books already, so before creating another loop hole law to protect an employer use some common sense. It's still cheaper than tax payer money to just use some common sense in handling an issue.

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Wednesday, May 14 at 2:17 PM Anonymous wrote ...

they had the children to stay... they're called anchor baby's i believe, send them all back, and the baby can come back when it's 18

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Wednesday, May 14 at 1:45 PM Uh, yeah ... wrote ...

And who did the "Native Americans" have to defeat to claim this land as their own? Go back a little bit further in your history books and read about the many tribal wars they conducted to steal land from those that lived here before them. Sorry to confuse matters with facts, but since the Dawn of Man there have been battles for territory around the globe. "Native Americans" are as guilty as any civilization regarding such acts. Please educate yourself before making more silly unfounded claims.

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Wednesday, May 14 at 1:16 PM Renae wrote ...

I suggest everyone posting on this page read the book "Crossing the Wire" by Will Hobbs. It will put things into perspective for everyone that thinks the immigrants "don't want to be bothered by laws" or are just choosing to bypass coming legally because they prefer to come illegally. It's not an easy choice for them. They can run the risk of losing their children after being raided in the U.S. or not come to the U.S. at all and have their children starve and suffer. What would you choose to do?

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Wednesday, May 14 at 12:18 PM Quest... wrote ...

Here are my questions: Why don't the schools contact ICE when a family enrolls their "undocumented" children? Why don't businesses contact ICE when an "undocumented" person seeks employment? Why doesn't the state contact ICE when an "undocumented" person seeks financial or medical assistance? BECAUSE Big Brother only sees what they want to see just like the rest of us. Some of us benefit from the "undocumented" and some of us don't.

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Wednesday, May 14 at 12:12 PM WOW wrote ...

YOU ALL FORGET THEY ARE HUMANS WHILE D IS SAYING SEND THEM BACK KIDS AND ALL. WHAT IS REALLY WRONG THE KIDS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE REALLY HURTING NOT U THEY ARE CONFUSED WONDERING WHERE THERE PARENTS ARE. SEND THEM BACK TO WHERE. I BET MORE THAN HALF OF THE KIDS WERE BORN HERE. SO WHERE WILL YOU SEND THEM. COME ON GET A HEART AND THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK.

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Wednesday, May 14 at 11:28 AM Legal Mexican wrote ...

Another thing, you can sit back and say SEND them and there KIDS back, but you don't know what it is like to live in Mexico, where you have to work for a dollar a day and are expected to feed your family with that. Thats why they come here, they don't come to harm any of you. What is so bad about making a better life for your family. If you were from there you too would do the same thing even if it is ILLEGAL. Just image how much money went into POSTVILLE'S economy because of these immigrants

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Wednesday, May 14 at 11:22 AM Legal Mexican wrote ...

I was born and raised in the United States and I hate to see how the whites treat our people. Look at yourselves and realize that you too are an immigrant. If you want to talk about HISTORY, remember that we (Mexicans) owned the West side of this country before you (Whites) came and stole our land just like you did to the Natives. Now you want to claim this as YOUR land and your the only ones that are intitled to this country. Maybe they are here working on there Citizenship.

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Wednesday, May 14 at 10:21 AM Anonymous wrote ...

I think people need to read the story it's not about the parents it's about the kids.

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Wednesday, May 14 at 9:33 AM Peter Hansen wrote ...

Let's clarify a common misconception: It is almost impossible for anyone from Guatemala or Mexico who is living there to migrate legally to the US, unlike what happened when our ancestors migrated to the US. Also most if not all South and Central American countries have very friendly immigration policies. In fact, you can travel to any of these countries with your passport, without getting a visa, and do some quick paperwork once you are there to make it legal for you to work and stay there.

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Wednesday, May 14 at 9:24 AM A question asked wrote ...

My guess is the American Indians would ship us all back if they had not been nearly wiped out. Now we sit on our high horse saying what is legal.

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Wednesday, May 14 at 7:04 AM D wrote ...

The parents did this to their kids, not Iowa or the USA, are we to NEVER arrest/detain anyone for any reason if they have kids and do anything illegal? I think not, it's a risk you take when you break the law. Return them, kids and all to the country they came from. I thought it was nearly impossible to enroll kids in school without a legal birth certificate, is someone looking into that? Keep up the good work ICE, you are doing what you are paid to do. Why are they getting so many rights?

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Tuesday, May 13 at 11:17 PM thinking out loud wrote ...

Great you need to get a grip. The parents had no business here illegally. This nation was founded on legal immigration! There are ways to legally come to America. Illegal means illegal.

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Tuesday, May 13 at 10:08 PM Rob wrote ...

Take your family to Mexico or a South American country, but sneak into the country illegally. What would their authorities do to you and your family? How would you be treated if you were caught? Not a good as ICE is treating these illegal immigrants.

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Tuesday, May 13 at 9:48 PM Mark O. wrote ...

Jonathan must not be a history major. As bad as it is, the right thing is being done.

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Tuesday, May 13 at 9:34 PM Sorry, kids wrote ...

Your parents made a bad choice coming to the USA illegally. Perhaps someday mom and/or dad can explain to you that breaking laws is a serious matter, and can cause hardships that can break up a family. Let's hope your parents learned a lesson today.

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Tuesday, May 13 at 8:55 PM Really? wrote ...

Tell that to a Jew Jonathan! I’m sorry for the children, I really am. I’m sorry their parents made horrible decisions and put themselves in the position they are in. They did this to themselves. There are proper channels for entering this country and their parents couldn’t be bothered with laws. Sorry but it’s time to take our country back.

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Tuesday, May 13 at 8:54 PM Doug wrote ...

one thing I for got to mention is that in surveys,98 percent of Americans want the illegals out of are country.why cant you papers print that, or are you afraid of putting the truth in print.

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Tuesday, May 13 at 8:52 PM Doug wrote ...

Iam getting sick and tired of hearing how bad these people are haveing it. why cant you people understand they broke the law.repeat broke the law.If I break the law I pay,they break the law they pay. no differnce.period

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Tuesday, May 13 at 8:51 PM JUICY J wrote ...

why do you guys thank the ICE all they did was separate family and break hearts i dont think you would like people cheering for you if you guys lost family to see what its like to see people without family at the church it hurts so the next time you say go ICE think about being separated from FAMILY

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Tuesday, May 13 at 8:14 PM Anonymous wrote ...

Hey Channel 9, Get off your soap box and report the news!!! Justin Foss, I cannot believe you would put that last comment in your article. Compareing these criminals to innocent people who were murdered and tortured.

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Tuesday, May 13 at 6:26 PM Really? wrote ...

Tell a Jew that Jonathan! I'm sorry for the children, I really am. I'm sorry their parents made horrible decisions and put themselves in the position they are in. They did this to themselves. There are proper channels for entering this country and their parents couldn't be bothered with laws. Sorry but it's time to take our country back.

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Tuesday, May 13 at 6:15 PM Great wrote ...

They lost their parents, now they are turned over to get molested. Way to go.

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