ICE raid in Postville, Iowa (No One Is Illegal Radio, August 2008)

On the AUGUST 2008 edition of the show:

FORTRESS EUROPE AT CEUTA (SPAIN)
interview with David Moffette of No One Is Illegal-Quebec City

Ceuta, along with Melilla, is a Spanish enclave in North Africa; it's technically part of Spain, but is geographically located in Morocco. It's been called a "European gated community" in Africa. In recent years, as part of the implementation of Fortress Europe, a border fence has gone up in Ceuta and Melilla, in addition to other interdiction efforts. These repressive measures have not stopped migrants from trying to enter into the EU, but rather has forced them to make even more dangerous and longer journies, getting onto boats further south, in Senegal and Mauritania, trying to reach the Canary Islands. Spain, with the collaboration of Morocco, re-inforced the border fence in Ceuta and Melilla in 2005. In 2006, according to the Red Cross, at least 3000 migrants drowned trying to make the more precarious journey to Europe from Mauritania further south, a direct result of the border fence at Ceuta and Melilla. On this month's edition of No One Is Illegal Radio, we get a frontline report from Ceuta from David Moffette, a member of No One Is Illegal-Quebec City. For the past two months, David has been in Ceuta where he's investigating immigration discourses and the treatment of migrants in Ceuta who try to get into the EU. (Notes: Interviews by David with migrants camped out in Ceuta will be featured on a future edition of NOII Radio; interview begins with the track "Fortress Europe" by Asian Dub Foundation and ends with "Desobeissance civile" by Keny Arkana.)


ICE RAID IN POSTVILLE, IOWA
interviews with members of the Wild Rose Rebellion Network (Iowa City)

This past May 12, 2008, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents raided a meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa. Close to 400 migrants, mainly men and women from Guatemala, were detained in what is considered the largest such raid in American history. In the initial days after the raid, the migrants were detained and processed at a cattle fairgrounds. Many were charged criminally, in addition to dealing with deportation proceedings. Several people have not been accounted for, while the very few migrants who have been released, to be with their small children, are required to wear GPS tracking devices. On the August edition of No One Is Illegal Radio, we hear from Ryan Spurgetis and Warren Conatser-Echevarria, based in Iowa City, and part of the Wild Rose Rebellion Anarchist Network. Both Ryan and Warren were involved in support efforts after the Postville raid.


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