Articles Tagged: Immigration

Also, bill advances to limit ‘obscene performances’

During a news conference Monday at the Iowa Capitol, Reynolds repeated her criticism of how President Joe Biden’s has enforced federal immigration laws, and cast doubt that Congress will be able to pass border security legislation.

Also, bill would require teaching about patriotic holidays

Over the protests of immigrants and activists who filled Iowa State Capitol committee rooms this week, Republican lawmakers advanced bills that would put stricter limitations on undocumented immigrants.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds joined two dozen other Republican governors on Thursday to give their support to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the state's "right to self-defense" amid a clash between Abbott and President Joe Biden's administration over razor wire installed at the southern border.

Most of them favor a wall, deportations

Closures aim to stop migrants entering the U.S. from Mexico via trains, but Iowa Republicans say the move will slow transport of Iowa exports

Supporters argue the bill it would crack down on child trafficking as well as "child recycling," which refers to bad actors bringing children with them across the border multiple times and falsely claiming them as a relative to appear as a family unit.

Request includes aid to Ukraine and Israel as well as border security funding

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said she approved the assistance to Texas law enforcement officials to protect Iowans from the effects of illegal immigration.

Thousands of Iowa families will receive $120 in food assistance to cover the past summer months as part of the Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer federal program.

State Sen. Dan Dawson, R-Council Bluffs, will join other Iowa law enforcement officers in a deployment to the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas.

Zalmay Niazy, the former Afghan interpreter for U.S. troops who grabbed national attention two years ago for his fight to stay in Iowa Falls, learned Tuesday he will be granted political asylum. The decision clears the way for his path to American citizenship.

Immigration and border security are one of the hottest political topics driving our current political discourse. But especially here in …

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Tuesday that she plans to send about 100 Iowa National Guard soldiers and 30 law enforcement officers to Texas to assist with border security between the United States and Mexico.