Greeley, Colorado, Worthington, Minnesota, Cactus, Texas. Marshalltown, Iowa, Grand Island, Nebraska, and Hyrum, Utah. What do each of these sleepy rural towns have in common? Each hosts a Swift & Co. meat packing plant, a small population of Latine people & undocumented immigrants, and each was a site that comprised the largest single day immigration enforcement in U.S. history. Hosts Shelby and Angel Lopez set the stage in exploring why Immigration and Customs Enforcement targeted the Swift & Co. meat packing company, how the raid was carried out, and what the fallout looked like on a national level. This is the story of the 2006 Swift & Co raids and the people that lived through it.

Written, Produced, and Edited by Angel Lopez and Shelby Lopez

Music by Chillig

Cover art by Alexis Rausch

Article sources for this episode:

https://cis.org/sites/cis.org/files/articles/2009/back309.pdf

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2006/12/raid-d14.html

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/lockdown-greeley/

https://www.carnegie.org/our-work/article/15-myths-about-immigration-debunked/

https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=4829962&itype=NGPSID

https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/13/us/13raid.html

https://www.deseret.com/2011/12/13/20237896/monday-vigil-remembers-2006-swift-raids-organizers-see-few-immigration-enforcement-changes

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2006/12/15/swiftprogram

https://nebraska.tv/news/local/impact-of-swift-raid-felt-ten-years-later-in-grand-island

https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=53054207&itype=CMSID

https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2171&context=etd