Erik Camayd-Freixas Collection

A collection of materials written and organized by Erik Camayd-Freixas, professor of Spanish and graduate program director; director of translation and interpretation program at Florida International University; and federally certified interpreter. Camayd-Freixas was one of the 26 interpreters who started the court hearings in Waterloo, Iowa, on May 13, 2008, and one of approximately 16 who worked the entire two weeks of hearings following the raid. This collection explores Camayd-Freixas' observations and experiences working as an interpreter following the raid. He has put together several well detailed and documented pieces that were shared with members of Congress, the U.S. Attorney General and the general media.

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A Crime to Work: The Part of "Illegal" I Don't Understand

Erik Camayd-Freixas

Addresses the role of identity theft as the chief charge against most of the people detained in the Agriprocessors immigration raid in Postville, Iowa.
Camayd-Freixas brief to Senate Judiciary Committee

Erik Camayd-Freixas

Dr. Erik Camayd-Freixas addresses the occurrence of ethical violations during the Postville raid. Also included is a letter from Congresswoman Zoe Logren to Michael Mukasey and Michael Chertoff on the treatment of the detainees from the Postville raid, including affivavits from Marvin Danilo Perez-Gomez and Mardoqueo Valle-Callejas on their treatment during the raid, with translation by Erik Camayd-Freixas.
Camayd-Freixas corrections to transcript

Erik Camayd-Freixas

Corrections to the transcript of his statement on the Postville raid to a Congressional subcommittee in 2009.
CHIRLA press release

Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles

A press release in both English and Spanish from the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles calling for immigration reform on the first anniversary of the Postville raid.
Complaint letter to U.S. Attorney General

James A. Benzoni

A letter to Eric Holder listing perceived ethical violations of the Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Iowa during and after the immigration raid at the Agriprocessor plant in Postville, Iowa.
Detained workers location list

A list giving the names, Bureau of Prisons number, race, gender, a date, and the location of those arrested in the Postville immigration raid.
Flores-Figueroa v. United States petition

A brief filed for Ignacio Flores-Figueroa in the appeal of a case of a Mexican citizen working in East Moline, Illinois who was convicted of identity theft. The grounds for the appeal were that the petitioner did not know that the social security and alien registration numbers he used were assigned to other people.
Flores-Figueroa v. United States response to petition

A brief filed for the United States in the appeal of a case of a Mexican citizen working in East Moline, Illinois who was convicted of identity theft. The grounds for the appeal were that the petitioner did not know that the social security and alien registration numbers he used were assigned to other people.
ICE application for search warrant

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement application for a search warrant for the Agriprocessors plant in Postville, Iowa, signed on may 9, 2008.
ICE search warrant and affidavit for raid

The affidavit for the search warrant for the Agriprocessors plant in Postville, Iowa signed on May 9, 2008.
Immigration Rights & American Values: Seeing with New Eyes

Erik Camayd-Freixas

Dr. Erik Camayd-Freixas speaks on his experiences as a translator and advocate for some of the over 300 arrested during the Postville immigration raid at the Agriprocessors plant in 2008. He covers the conditions that the detainees dealt with after the raid.
Letter to Dept. of Justice and Dept. of Homeland Security

Zoe Lofgren

A letter from Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren to Michael Mukasey, Attorney General of the United States, and Michael Chertoff, Secretary of Homeland Security, concerning the alleged abuse of the workers who were detained during the Agriprocessors plant raid in Postville, Iowa.
Oral argument in Flores-Figueroa v. United States

The transcript of the oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court of the case of a Mexican citizen working in East Moline, Illinois who was convicted of identity theft. The grounds for the appeal were that the petitioner did not know that the social security and alien registration numbers he used were assigned to other people.
Oral statement of Camayd-Freixas

Erik Camayd-Freixas

The oral and written statements of Dr. Erik Camayd-Freixas, who served as a translator for those detained after the Postville raid. He appeared before a Congressional committee. Also included in the document is his personal account of what it was like to be an interpreter for the detainees.
Paycheck record for detained workers

A listing of some of the immigrants owed wages from Agriprocessors after the Postville raid.
Pedro's letter to Mrs. Obama

Pedro Arturo Lopez Vega

A letter written to Michelle Obama requesting her to ask for a three day visa for Consuelo Vega Nava by her son so she could attend his eighth grade graduation.
Pedro's letter to President Obama

Pedro Arturo Lopez Vega

A letter written to Barack Obama requesting a three day visa for Consuelo Vega Nava by her son so she could attend his eighth grade graduation.
Poster for Camayd-Freixas presentation

Announces presentations by Dr. Erik Camayd-Freixas, who served as an interpreter for those detained in the immigration raid at the Agriprocessors plant in Postville, Iowa.
Response letters to Camayd-Freixas article on Postville raid

A collection of letters submitted to the Congressional Record written in support of an article on the Postville raid written by Erik Camayd-Freixas.
Testimony from Dept. of Justice on ICE conduct during raid

Deborah J. Rhodes

The statement given by the Senior Associate Deputy Attorney General Deborah J. Rhodes to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law's hearing on immigration raids.
Testimony from Director Forman on ICE conduct during raid

Marcy M. Forman

The statement given by Marcy M. Forman, Director of the Office of Investigations or the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to the United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security and International Law on their procedures and the Postville Immigration Raid.
The Day Democracy Died: The Postville Raid and the Criminalization of Migrants

Erik Camayd-Freixas

Dr. Camayd-Freixas writes of his experience serving as a translator for those detained in the Postville raid, components that lead to the immigration situation in the United States, and areas for comprehensive immigration reform.
Transcript of hearing before the Judiciary Subcommittee

Erik Camayd-Freixas

The statements of Erik Camayd-Freixas, David Leopold, Robert R. Rigg, and Lora Costner before the U.S.House Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law concerning the Agriprocessors plant immigration raid in Postville, Iowa.