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• Agriprocessors Inc. is a kosher meatpacking plant located in Postville, Iowa. On May 12, 2008, it was the site of the largest immigration raid ever conducted in the United States, when 389 illegal immigrants were detained by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency.New York Times: Rabbis Debate Kosher Ethics at Meat Plant](August 22, 2008) Twenty of the immigrants were underage, including some as young as 13.New York Times: After Iowa Raid, Immigrants Fuel Labor Inquiries (July 27, 2008)

  The arrested immigrants reported irregularities, including unpaid overtime, unsatisfactory safety measures and underage workers; but rabbis visiting the plant on July 31, 2008, say they discovered no such problems.New York Times: Rabbis Debate Kosher Ethics at Meat Plant](August 22, 2008) Iowa Governor Chet Culver publicly rebuked Agriprocessors Inc. in an August 24, 2008, editorial in the Des Moines Register.

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  1. Established in 1987, when Aaron Rubashkin purchased the former HyGrade meat processing plant in Postville, IowaAgriprocessors Inc: Agriprocessors History
  2. Achieved a Supreme Kosher Certificate of Kashrut

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