Members of Iowa's Latino community, immigrant workers, advocates and allies marched and held candlelight vigils Thursday evening in Iowa City, Davenport, Waterloo and Des Moines in protest over a new law making illegal immigration a state crime.
House Speaker says statehouse Republicans forced to ‘do something’ because of inaction by federal government
Also, Iowa police chiefs raise concerns over new illegal immigration law
Opponents to the new law signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds organize protests and consider a court fight.
A bill in Iowa that would allow the state to arrest and deport some migrants is stoking anxiety among immigrant communities, leaving some to wonder: “Should I leave Iowa?”
Iowa law enforcement officials will be allowed to arrest and order the removal of an immigrant who entered the U.S. illegally under a bill House lawmakers sent to Gov. Kim Reynolds on Tuesday.
The second legislative deadline of the 2024 session took out a number of bills of significant potential impact
Republican leaders in the Iowa House and Senate were unable to find agreement on their separate immigration policy proposals
Despite advancing the bill to the full committee, Republican senators on the subcommittee said they were uncomfortable with its vague language.
Iowa Business Council’s annual Competitive Dashboard reports labor force, education, health insurance ‘overperforming’,’ with diversity, obesity percentage and number of mental health providers ‘underperforming.’
The bill also creates a new state crime of human smuggling for undocumented immigrants.
Across the country, when farmworkers arrive at employer-provided housing, they often face similar problems of dead smoke alarms, moldy rooms and empty first aid kits, according to Investigate Midwest’s review of more than 6,600 inspections of H-2A housing and migrant labor camps from 19 states.
Immigrant workers and Catholic charities worry a package of bills being advanced by Iowa Republican lawmakers would criminalize and could lead to the closure of faith-based migrant shelters and civic engagement organizations to house or transport asylum-seekers.
Bill would allow state courts to order undocumented immigrants deported
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