As the ICE raid in Postville, Iowa fades into the black hole of American selective memory, the nightmare and assault on every US citizens' rights continues unabated and unreported.
Aftermath of US slaughterhouse raid: fear and repression grip Iowa town
Aftermath of US slaughterhouse raid: fear and repression grip Iowa town
Another Catholic nun who works with the immigrant families in the area traveled to Washington last Tuesday to testify at a Congressional hearing on immigration policy. Fighting back tears, Sister Kathy Thill told of families being "torn apart" by the raids, with fathers in detention and mothers left to care for their children with no income.
"I am also a United States citizen who grew up believing that this is a democratic country in which the dignity of all people is respected and their rights protected," she said at a news conference following the hearing. "This is not the country I experienced this past week."
