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So the big news this past week was a raid in Fairfield, Ohio. I am tired of this stuff, and it hurts every time it happens. Reminds me of the 1930’s or last week. Here are the headlines for Latino happenings in Ohio:


160 immigrant workers arrested in raid on Ohio poultry plant
World Socialist Web Site - Oak Park,MI,USA

Early Tuesday morning, 300 federal immigration agents, aided by local police and sheriff’s deputies, descended on a poultry processing plant outside of Cincinnati, Ohio and arrested 160 immigrant workers.

I found this next one funny because it was written up by WorldPoultry.net located in the Netherlands?!

Ohio chicken plant raided for illegals
WorldPoultry.net - Doetinchem,Netherlands

Following a 2-year investigation, some 160 people were arrested in an immigration enforcement raid at a Koch Foods poultry processing plant in Fairfield, Ohio

Man seeking to cool off drowns in Ohio River
Kentucky.com - Lexington,KY,USA

A construction worker looking to cool off drowned in the Ohio River, Oldham County police said…Police have not released the man’s name, but said he was 38-years-old, Hispanic and from the Louisville area

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US immigrants worry as families face deportation
Reuters Canada - Toronto,Ontario,Canada

A day after one of the largest workplace immigration raids in Ohio, the Hispanic community in Cincinnati’s suburbs was scrambling to track down missing family members and arrange care for children whose parents were caught up in the raid.

Increase in SAT participants is encouraging - an editorial
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com - Cleveland,OH,USA

Just as impressive, this year’s group includes record numbers of Hispanic, black and Asian-American participants, as well as a much larger number of low-income test-takers.

Toledo, Ohio is also home to the Farm Labor Organizing Committe (FLOC) an AFL-CIO union in existence since the 1960’s it is our Midwest version of the United Farm Workers (UFW). FLOC has strong union roots in Ohio, Michigan, and North Carolina, particularly with pickles and tomatoes.

AFL-CIO’s Linda Chavez-Thompson in Toledo for Labor Day Parade
Toledo Blade - Toledo,OH,USA

The daughter of Mexican- American sharecroppers, she rose through the union ranks to become executive vice president of the AFL-CIO. She is the first Hispanic to hold the office.

The raid cost $4 Million dollars? To arrest 161 people? That is aproximately $24, 845 per person ignoring the fact that a lot of those people were later found to either legally be here or granted humanitarian stays.

Aid sought for raid detainees
Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati,OH,USA

The federal raid on a Butler County company that led to the arrest of 161 suspected illegal immigrants Tuesday cost $4 million, a state official told more than 40 people who met Saturday to determine how to help families affected by the raid.

Raid Impacts Hispanic Community
WKRC TV Cincinnati - Cincinnati,OH,USA

One of the main concerns for Latino leaders is that amongst the people that have been detained and put in those buses, are parents of children who’s future right now, is uncertain. Jorge Neri, President of Lulac in Butler County: “Most of these kids are US citizens, they are in school right now, what is going to happen to those kids. A lot of single mom’s a lot of women work in this plant.”

Cincy Hispanic Community Not Happy With CC’s WLW
Streaming Magazine - West Palm Beach,FL,USA

Cincinnati’s Hispanic community says Clear Channel’s WLW-AM is guilty of “blatant racial discrimination against them” following the recent airing of a segment called “Speaking to An Illegal Alien,” which featured translations of Spanish phrases such as, “Be careful with those hedge clippers around the garden….The previous instance of offense came in May, when the station put up billboards featuring a Hispanic man and a donkey, called “The Big Juan.”

Cincinnati Hispanic Fest largest in region
Cincinnati Catholic Telegraph - OH, United States

Volunteers, exhibitors and, of course, guests, are invited to attend the annual Cincinnati Hispanic Festival, held at the Hamilton County Fairgrounds Sept. 8-9.