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Postville Raid
The
Postville Raid
was a raid at the
Agriprocessors
Inc.
kosher
slaughterhouse
and
meat packing plant
in
Postville, Iowa
,
USA
, on May 12, 2008, executed by the
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(ICE) division of the
Department of Homeland Security
together with other agencies. The raid was the largest single raid of a workplace in U.S. history until that date, and resulted in nearly 400 arrests of immigrant workers with false identity papers who were charged with
identity theft
,
document fraud
, use of stolen
social security numbers
, and related offenses. Some 300 workers were convicted on document fraud charges within four days. The majority served a five-month prison sentence before being deported.
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