A couple of weeks ago i attended the experience event called "Postville Raid." This experience event dealt with the treatment of immigrants. This past year in Postville Iowa, immigrants where sent back to their home or they had to work in factories under poor and dangerous conditions. Luis Argueta directed and filmed this short video clip, and after watching it I could not believe that the mistreatment of immigrants still exists today.

A majority of these immigrants where from Guatemala. They came to America to seek a better life and more opportunities. Back in their own countries it was pretty tough for them to support their families with the jobs they had. Once they got here they had a better chance of supporting their families even though they worked in these factories receiving very little pay. The conditions in these factories were awful and a lot of younger children had to do this strenuous work too. Some parents would have to go back to their own country and leave their children behind here in the United States in hopes of them suceeding in their life. That has got to be one of the hardest things for a parent to do. The treatment of these immigrants was just appalling.

Luis Argueta shows a bunch of different immigrants and how they were reacting to the way they were being treated. A lot of them were upset, and crying, while others broke out into pure outrage. According to the United States everyone is to be treated equally , but do immigrants have equal and human rights as Americans do? One thing I can agree with is that immigrants should come here legally, then it would be perfectly acceptable. But even if they do not they should not be abused and treated unfairly.

The United States is said to be a free nation and everyone is entiled to human rights. After attending this experience event it made me realize how not everyone is entitled to these rights. It is also kind of an embarrassment to the United States and how we treat people of other races and cultures when they come into the country. The treatment of these immigrants was shocking. The United States has to come up with some agreement to solve these immigrant issues.