Trauma in Guatemala and Postville, Iowa

• Main Author: Lechtenberg, Jessica J
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Augustana Digital Commons 2018
• Subjects: Trauma; Guatemala; Postville; Immigration; Raid; Latin American Languages and Societies; Latin American Studies; Social and Cultural Anthropology
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.augustana.edu/ltamstudent/2; https://digitalcommons.augustana.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=ltamstudent

This study uses a historical understanding of Guatemala to explain the significant trauma following the largest immigration raid in U.S. history which primarily deported Guatemalan residents who had been working at the Agriprocessors meat processing plant without documentation. Through an analysis o...