Articles Tagged: Immigration

Iowa's largest school district released a report Friday claiming that it received an abbreviated background check and what was likely a forged transcript when it was hiring its former superintendent, who was charged in a federal indictment with falsely claiming to be a U.S. citizen on a federal form.

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.

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.

In August, Gov. Kim Reynolds said the mission will “free up local ICE officials to continue their work outside the office to enforce the law and keep our state safe.”

A federal judge has ordered the U.S. government to follow due process and provide bond hearings for two individuals being detained in Iowa county jails by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Father Guillermo Treviño died Friday, shortly after returning from a trip to Rome, during which he represented Escucha Mi Voz and the Gamaliel Network — a national organization that trains community and faith leaders to participate in political discourse — at a World Meeting of Popular Movements convened by Pope Leo XIV.

Trump has cast the H-2A program as a quick help for farmers. At the same time, the program has been suspended during the government shutdown, which could cause production problems.

Immigrant workers make up roughly 7.4 percent of the state’s workforce. Now, some might be at risk.

Republican Iowa U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks has introduced legislation to fund federal food assistance that is scheduled to dry up next month if the government shutdown continues.

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.

An 18-year-old Des Moines Public Schools student was detained and deported by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to an immigrant rights group.

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.

A two-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Des Moines charges Ian Roberts with one count of making a false statement for employment and one count of being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm.

After the arrest of former Des Moines schools superintendent Ian Roberts over questions about his immigration and work authorization status, Gov. Kim Reynolds ordered all state agencies to use federal verification systems to confirm employment and licensing eligibility. The move has reignited debate over whether Iowa should mandate E-Verify statewide — and how reliable the system really is.

42 people took the Oath of Allegiance and officially gained their U.S. citizenship at a naturalization ceremony at the Living History Farms in Urbandale late Friday morning.