Released this April by Floricanto Press, the book includes the testimonials of 10 undocumented Postville residents affected by the ICE raid of the Agriprocessors meat-packing plant. The accounts of each witness include not only the experience of the raid and its aftermath, but also background information about life with their families in their home country, the decision to come to the United States, the border crossing, and their experiences living in the United States and working in the meat-packing industry.
Gibbs is professor emerita in Luther's Department of Modern Languages and now lives on the Oregon Coast. Hernández is completing her Ph.D. in Hispanic Linguistics at the University of Minnesota. Both women will travel to Northeast Iowa in October for a series of readings and presentations. The book is currently available on Amazon.
