The U.S. Department of Justice and civil rights organizations sued to stop the Iowa law, which would allow state law enforcement to arrest and force the removal of immigrants in Iowa if they had previously been denied entry into the country.
Democrat Sarah Corkery tells a Cedar Rapids crowd that an independent candidate also running in the congressional race could siphon votes from incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson.
Also, Iowa awards grants to schools to purchase local food
The federal rule issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services would make people who arrived in the United States as children, sometimes known as Dreamers, eligible for taxpayer-subsidized health plans under the Affordable Care Act.
Iowa U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley and federal whistleblowers are raising alarm over the government’s alleged complicity in human trafficking at the nation’s southern border, calling for greater oversight and accountability from the federal government.
Max Villatoro was removed from the United States in 2015, despite Eastern Iowa protests and 40,000 signatures from people around the country who didn’t think the Mennonite pastor and father should be deported. Now Villatoro is legally back in Eastern Iowa.
The law, which was set to go into effect July 1, would allow Iowa law enforcement officials to arrest and charge non-citizens with a crime if they are in the state but have previously been blocked from entering the country or deported.
A federal judge has temporarily blocked an Iowa state law that would have allowed the arrest and forced removal of immigrants in the country illegally if they had previously been denied entry.
On this week’s podcast, we’ll talk about federal court hearings over a pair of new state laws, Iowa Republicans weigh in on another criminal conviction in presidential circles, and the bird flu is jumping species.
Edwin Junech-Pastor, 36, of Decorah, entered a plea Monday to one count of illegal re-entry in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids. Other charges of misuse of a Social Security number and unlawful use of an identification document likely will be dismissed.
Set to go into effect July 1, the law would allow state and local officials to deport immigrants who previously were deported or entered the country illegally
Half of the 50 seats in the Iowa Senate and all 100 Iowa House seats are up for election in November.
President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled plans to enact immediate significant restrictions on migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border as the White House tries to neutralize immigration as a political liability ahead of the November elections.
Iowa’s new state immigration law is headed to the courts; First Ave. Hy-Vee in C.R. to close
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