Quotes of the Day: Remembering Postville...

On the 1-year anniversary of the larget immigration raid in the US, Iowan citizens remember Postville's meatpacking raid:

"We not only see this as a day of solidarity but also a day of calling for action.  We vigorously call for comprehensive immigration reform to be part of the 2009 agenda." -Sister Mary McCauley, St. Bridget's Catholic Church in Postville

"There are core protections in our Bill of Rights that apply to all people.  We're all entitled to basic human rights, regardless of what our citizenship status may be." -Lauri Lowell, director of the Jewish Community Relations Council in New Haven, Conn.

Source: http://www.gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090512/NEWS/705129924