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Guantanamo Iowa — update

15 January 2007

 The raids on the Swift meatpacking plants in the mid-west were during working hours, when a lot of the workers’ children were at school, or at the sitter’s.  The parents, as far as we know, are being held at Camp Dodge Iowa. 

I know there are some folks who think you should immediately deport “illegal aliens” and I’m not even going to get into that here. In Marshalltown, Iowa, where many of the detainees worked and lived, Sister Jean Feagan and the Hispanic Ministry at St. Mary’s Catholic Church are caring for the children and infants who are — at least temporarily — orphans.  I didn’t have the right address when I first wrote about this (not a problem… the church is next door).

Hey… orphans, nuns… do I have to spell it out?  As San Carlos Marx said, “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.” (And babies need diapers, formula… mamí) —

Hispanic Ministry
12 West Linn Street
Marshalltown, Iowa USA 50158

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from → Agriculture, Catholic Church, Charities, Economy & Business, Gringo(landia), Hispanic Ministry (Marshalltown Iowa), Human Rights, Indocumentados, Legal system, Religion
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