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.

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