States will have access to federal immigration information for the purposes of determining voters’ citizenship, and the federal government will have access to those states’ driver’s license information under a settlement reached in a lawsuit brought by Iowa.
Articles Tagged: Immigrants
People & Places Dec. 1, 2025 5:41 pm3d ago
For some, traditions look a little different in the kitchen. Here’s how families from different cultural backgrounds fold their own heritages into holiday celebrations.
Maya Marchel Hoff, Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau
News Nov. 17, 2025 5:30 am18d ago
More than three months after roughly 200 meatpacking plant workers in Ottumwa were notified that their work visas were being revoked, some have moved, while others have found other immigration statuses to remain and work.
News Nov. 17, 2025 7:55 am17d ago
In March 2024, a report revealed that more than half of Latino immigrants were chronically homeless in Johnson County. Since then, living conditions and affordability have deteriorated further for Latino immigrants as families’ providers are arrested.
News Oct. 26, 2025 5:30 am40d ago
Immigrant workers make up roughly 7.4 percent of the state’s workforce. Now, some might be at risk.
State Government Oct. 27, 2025 12:22 pm38d ago
The law, which remains blocked, would make it a state crime for an individual to enter or be found in Iowa if that individual has previously been denied admission to or been deported from the United States.
Crime & Courts Oct. 21, 2025 7:18 am44d ago
A federal courtroom in Davenport overflowed Monday afternoon as community members gathered to show support of Jorge Gonzalez Ochoa, a Colombian immigrant who was publicly arrested last month by plainclothes Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Iowa City.
State Government Sep. 29, 2025 7:56 am66d ago
In her first extended statement since Friday’s arrest of Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Saturday called the incident “shocking“ and said, ”We must enforce the law every time to protect our families and our future.“
State Government Sep. 18, 2025 5:40 pm77d ago
Iowa Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Rob Sand blasted Gov. Kim Reynolds’ efficiency task force as partisan, vowed to veto changes to Iowa’s public pension system, and pushed for more oversight of private school vouchers at a Cedar Rapids town hall.
By RYAN J. FOLEY - Associated Press
Federal Government Sep. 16, 2025 3:46 pm79d ago
A man detained by authorities days after he nearly died in an Iowa shooting is one of a growing number of crime victims who have been targeted in the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration.
The Long Haul Sep. 14, 2025 6:00 am81d ago
A look at Eastern Iowa’s trucking industry.
Staff Columnists Aug. 10, 2025 5:00 am117d ago
Leaders of a Tuesday rally outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Cedar Rapids seemed happy to take the …
State Government Aug. 6, 2025 5:32 pm120d ago
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said the Iowa National Guard stands ready to coordinate with the federal government to potentially assist U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement with administrative and clerical duties related to the detention and deportation of migrants in their custody, though specifics are still pending.
Staff Columnists Aug. 4, 2025 4:58 pm122d ago
If their true motivations were to organize troops of angry demonstrators to wave signs, shout chants and sing songs, two …
Federal Government Jul. 30, 2025 9:03 am127d ago
More than 200 workers at an Ottumwa meatpacking plan were notified this month by their employer that their work visas have been revoked, and now face potential deportation, according to a union official.

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