« Justice for Immigrants Meeting in NYC | Main | Immigrants and Crime »
January 12, 2009
More from Postville Interpreter
We have previously reported on Erik Camayd-Freixas, an interpreter for ICE who exposed the unfairness that took place as a result of the ICE raid that took place in Postville, Iowa. He wrote a 14-page essay on his views. In an exclusive interview with him, Colorlines magazine learned more about his experience. Quoting from Julianne Hing's interview of Camayd-Freixas, he states:
The final reason was that when I got home, I felt a certain amount of guilt for having participated in such a procedure. I felt dirty. I wrote it with that intention and circulated it to the other twenty-five interpreters who were there with me and to a federal judge who was there. But in the next few days I started receiving hundreds of e-mails from people across the country, thanking me, sharing their own testimonials. All together I’ve received a couple thousand e-mails and postcards and handwritten mail, from all over the country and from all over the world, including several from Postville who said, “This is not who we are. I am ashamed about what is happening.”
Click here for the rest of the interview.
bh
January 12, 2009 | Permalink
TrackBack
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00d8341bfae553ef010536ca8c16970c
Listed below are links to weblogs that reference More from Postville Interpreter:
Comments
Charles -
My goodness, you are quite the little troll, aren't you?
It's amazing how many of the same people who claim to love the United States and want to protect it so vigorously oppose the exercise of the First Amendment. Government employees do not check their opinions at the door. If he didn't provide any protected or classified information, then I don't see the issue here.
---
Frankly, I empathize with the interpreter. There have been days I've wanted to take a shower after work, too, or felt like I was justifying my actions with a Nuremberg defense. I'm not sure it's possible to work for the government in this field and not occasionally feel terrible about your job; not if you have a heart, anyway.
Posted by: Sarah | Jan 13, 2009 9:50:50 AM
