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Former workers recount hiring at Agriprocessors plant
In Waterloo the trial of Sholom Rubashkin heard workers describe a practice of hiring minors at the Postville meatpacking plant. Some testified they faced denials until a false birth certificate allowed work, with others noting undocumented hiring and long shifts near slaughter operations.
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Josh Nelson
Jeff Reinitz
Courier Waterloo
Noe Castillo Ordonez
Agriprocessors
Castillo Ordonez
Sholom Rubashkin
Guatemala
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Rubashkin
Postville
Yukary Hernandez Gonzalez
United States
Mexico
Candido Alfredo Marroquin Argueta
Marroquin Argueta
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Henry Lopez Calel
Waterloo