Our aliens: How does a criminal become human?

• Main Author: Short, Leah Marie
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: UNI ScholarWorks 2009
• Subjects: Scapegoat; United States > Emigration and immigration; Blame; Scapegoat > Religious aspects; United States > Emigration and immigration > Religious aspects; Blame > Religious aspects; Girard; René; 1923- Bouc émissaire.; Kearney; Richard. Strangers; Gods; and monsters.; Criminology; Immigration Law; Religion; Postville
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/hpt/92; https://scholarworks.uni.edu/context/hpt/article/1083/viewcontent/Our_aliens.pdf

Those living in Postville, Iowa in May of 2008 have had an especially intimate experience with immigrant problems in this country. Ten months after the immigration raid that wiped out 20 percent of the rural town’s population, people still refer to Postville as a "dying community" (Grey)....