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Sun Jan 10, 2016, 12:55 AM

Jan 2016

If only for a few minutes, Maria felt like an ''illegal alien'' in her homeland - the United States of America.

She thought she was going on break from her job at the Swift & Co. meat processing plant here on Tuesday, but instead she and others were forced to stand in a line by U.S. immigration agents. Non-Latinos and people with lighter skin were plucked out of line and given blue bracelets.

The rest, mostly Latinos with brown skin, waited until they were ''cleared'' or arrested by ''la migra,'' the popular name in Spanish for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), employees said.

''I was in the line because of the color of my skin,'' she said, her voice shaking. ''They're discriminating against me. I'm from the United States, and I didn't even get a blue bracelet.''

Maria was one of hundreds of plant employees targeted by federal agents. But she and her husband were the lucky ones - later Tuesday, they returned home to their three sons.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 OP

Voted "other". cheapdate Jan 2016 #1

unfortunately their crime is Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #2

A law that makes simply being here a crime is an unjust law. cheapdate Jan 2016 #8

Every country has that law yeoman6987 Jan 2016 #47

Why do you say "nothing good" can come from freedom of travel? cheapdate Jan 2016 #49

Take your family and sneak into Mexico. What welcome will you get? yeoman6987 Jan 2016 #58

That has no bearing whatsoever cheapdate Jan 2016 #60

Mexico's deportations of Central American migrants are rising Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #59

Breathing without a license. (nt) stone space Jan 2016 #9

Naw, let 'em stay. They're not hurting anyone. egduj Jan 2016 #3

so we should allow everyone in Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #4

I thought we were talking about the ones already here. egduj Jan 2016 #6

we are Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #7

Spend a few days in jail Cassiopeia Jan 2016 #5

. stone space Jan 2016 #10

.. stone space Jan 2016 #11

you do know we are talking about people Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #13

Let your candidate come here to Iowa and tell that to our faces. stone space Jan 2016 #24

I am all for asylym Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #28

is that a story Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #17

... stone space Jan 2016 #12

bad link Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #14

works for me stone space Jan 2016 #16

could be I am on phone Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #18

10 year old story Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #26

.... stone space Jan 2016 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #19

that is from 2006 Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #25

2006 was the year that Christmas didn't come here to Iowa stone space Jan 2016 #40

This message was self-deleted by its author Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #45

WHF is that supposed to mean? stone space Dec 2016 #62

Why were they sent back exactly? It seems to be a case by case basis flamingdem Jan 2016 #20

This is what I read before and I will look for more current info Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #22

..... stone space Jan 2016 #21

That is from 2006 Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #23

we need more info , which immigrants, why did they leave etc ? JI7 Jan 2016 #27

here are a couple of stories Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #30

I guess I am lucky... yuiyoshida Jan 2016 #29

Yes (nt) bigwillq Jan 2016 #31

Borders fundamentally define a country. branford Jan 2016 #32

...^ that 840high Jan 2016 #61

...... stone space Jan 2016 #33

another ten year old story from 2007 Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #34

Iowa's 9/11 Moment stone space Jan 2016 #35

wow, another ten year old story Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #36

Google??? WTF are you talking about? stone space Jan 2016 #41

finding ten year old stories that have no Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #48

These are not stories. These are our lives. stone space Jan 2016 #51

OK, whatever Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #52

An article from 2006? branford Jan 2016 #37

ten year old stories is all he posted Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #38

Ethnic cleansing is indeed sickening. We're pretty damn sick of it here in Iowa. (nt) stone space Jan 2016 #42

Ethnic cleansing??? branford Jan 2016 #44

abUSed stone space Jan 2016 #46

Most of my family was killed in the Holocaust. branford Jan 2016 #55

he is mad at us now Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #56

I think your abuse of that term Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #50

I don't care what ammosexuals think. stone space Jan 2016 #53

ah yes, the name calling Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #54

Iowans sometimes find things offensive, too. And sometimes we show it. stone space Jan 2016 #39

So, arresting illegal economic migrants branford Jan 2016 #43

I think people who hire undocumented workers and pay them under the table so they do not have to pay Agnosticsherbet Jan 2016 #57

Seems that questions like this one are the result of placing a higher priority on the imaginary LanternWaste Dec 2016 #63