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Illegal immigration reshapes culture of small-town Iowa
Marshalltown Iowa confronts a border crisis reshaping its social fabric. The town's largest employer Swift & Co. pork plant faced two federal raids arresting 100 plus workers amid a growing Hispanic population rising to around twenty percent of 26000 residents. Local officials describe tensions yet note gains from immigrant families who buy homes start businesses and integrate. Community leaders say enforcing laws while aiding families remains a dilemma as police fight identity theft and deportation pressures.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Mexico
Midwest
Middle America
Gene Beach
Loni Walker
Swift & Co
Francisco Vargas Acosta
Vargas
Dane Zuercher
Mark Grey
University of Northern Iowa
Ben Franklin
America
Grant Wood
Ken Anderson
Marshalltown Area
Zuercher
Swift
Elizabeth Castellanos
Elizabeth
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Walker
David Lienemann
Swift & Company