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Uncertainty remains after immigration raid in Marshalltown

DES MOINES (AP) — The Dec. 12 raid at the Swift & Co plant in Marshalltown has left immigrants in the central Iowa town with a lingering sense of uncertainty and fear, said an official with a statewide Hispanic group.

The raid by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents resulted in 97 people being detained. The impact continues to be felt six weeks later, said Erica Palmer, a community organizer with Latinos in Action, a chapter of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement.

“From what we're hearing, a lot of people are out of work and a lot of people are moving out of town,” Palmer said.

The raids, she said, also have made some Hispanics afraid to go out in public.

“That fear is very real,” she said. “That fear of taking your children to school, or going to the grocery store, that's a very real thing in the community.”

Meanwhile, non-Hispanics “are angry about how the raids were carried out and how the people were treated,” she said.

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http://globegazette.com/business/uncertainty-remains-after-immigration-raid-in-marshalltown/article_eef5feae-60ea-5f71-95c7-c53538972cde.html