A news release about the cancellation of Washington, Iowa’s Latino Festival cited non-specific “current circumstances.” But in an interview late last week, an organizer said the decision was driven by safety concerns, citing nationwide arrests and deportations by federal immigration officials since President Donald Trump took office.
An Iowa immigrant rights organization is refusing a lawmaker's demands to turn over private details about the nonprofit’s clients, donors and members, calling it intimidation from public officials amid a national crackdown on immigration.
Escucha Mi Voz, a nonprofit organization that works with immigrants in the Iowa City area, filed a formal civil rights complaint Friday against the Iowa State Patrol and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after seven Latin American construction workers were stopped while driving home from work last week near Dubuque.
Plus, the On Iowa Politics team talks through immigration enforcement on Iowa’s college campuses and potential gubernatorial candidates.
The arrest marks an escalation in the Trump administration’s fight with the judiciary over the White House's sweeping immigration enforcement policies. The Justice Department had previously signaled that it was going to crack down on local officials thwarting federal immigration efforts.
Asked about why Congress is not reining in President Donald Trump, the Marion representative said, “I think we would probably have a fundamental disagreement in this room about that, because when I look at what Congress is doing, we are working on executing exactly what we campaigned on doing and what the President campaigned on doing.”
The Linn County Jail last weekend began housing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement inmates through a previously established agreement with the U.S. Marshals Service.
Days after the University of Iowa confirmed the U.S. Department of State had canceled the visa of at least one graduate student, a campus union is reporting five UI international students now have had visas revoked.
The administration has conceded that Abrego Garcia should not have been sent to El Salvador because an immigration judge found he likely would face persecution by local gangs.
Republican Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is leading a legal brief in support of President Donald Trump’s executive order to redefine birthright citizenship. Also in the Notebook, Iowans rally in opposition to a bill shielding pesticide companies from lawsuits over cancer risks.
In an escalation of a dispute over whether a local agency is complying enough with an Iowa law requiring cooperation with federal immigration authorities, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird filed suit Thursday against Winneshiek County and its sheriff -- a dispute that started with a Facebook post.
Reina Marroquín llegó a la oficina de Control de Inmigración y Aduanas de Cedar Rapids el lunes para una reunión de registro con sus dos hijos y más de 100 miembros de la comunidad. Después de unos cinco minutos, salió de la oficina y fue recibida con vítores por los miembros de la comunidad que vinieron a apoyarla.
Reina Marroquin arrived at the Cedar Rapids Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office Monday morning for an immigration check-in with her two children and more than 100 community supporters. About five minutes after entering the office, she emerged and was greeted by cheers from the people there to support her.
The man accused of causing the 2016 drunk driving crash that killed Council Bluffs resident Sarah Root was extradited to the United States on Friday.
Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate released the information amid a monthslong effort to identify Iowans without citizenship who registered or attempted to vote
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