WATERLOO - Dubuque Archbishop Jerome Hanus will celebrate Mass in English and Spanish at 4:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Bridget Catholic Church in Postville.

The Postville raid and fedral Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency actions "highlight once again the need for comprehensive immigration reform," Hanus said earlier in the week. "Families have been disrupted; parents and children are filled with fear. Many are uncertain whether their loved ones will be arrested, imprisoned indefinitely or deported."

The Dubuque archdiocese covers the northeast quadrant of Iowa and includes Postville.

"This state of terror for families is evidence that our political system has not adequately addressed the demand for labor, the inadequacies of our present immigration policies and practices and the broader economic challenges," the archbishop said. "Some of the weakest members among us are bearing the brunt of the suffering, while legislators and other leaders, as well as many of us in the general public, have failed to give this issue the priority that it deserves."