Town's economy is hit hard after immigration raid

• Main Author: Pattison, Mark
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: UNI ScholarWorks 2009
• Subjects: Postville Immigration Raid; Postville; Iowa; 2008 > Economic aspects; Postville (Iowa) > Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects; Public Affairs; Public Policy and Public Administration
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/postville_documents/121; https://scholarworks.uni.edu/context/postville_documents/article/1000/viewcontent/town_s_economy_is_hit_hard_after_immigration_raid.pdf

Catholic News Service article from May 1, 2009: When Father Paul Ouderkirk assumed the pastorate of St. Bridget Parish in Postville in 2000, he estimated the town's population at 2,000. Within a year, he said, it had grown to 2,500. https://scholarworks.uni.edu/postville_documents/1000/thumbnai...