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The Raid

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44: The Raid

An immigration raid at a kosher slaughterhouse in Postville, Iowa, uncovers financial crimes committed by the company’s CEO, Sholom Rubashkin.

Prelude: Thirteen hundred undocumented workers are arrested during a coordinated raid of six Swift & Co. meatpacking facilities.

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