A federal judge in Des Moines issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting the enforcement of SF 2340, the Reynolds administration’s attempt to appropriate the federal government’s power to create and enforce immigration laws, establishing a state-level deportation process. U.S. District Court Judge Stephen Locher’s ruling came one week after he heard oral arguments in two lawsuits […]
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Federal judge hears arguments in lawsuits challenging Iowa’s attempt to create its own system to deport immigrants
A federal judge in Des Moines heard arguments on Monday on the attempt by the Reynolds administration to appropriate the federal government’s power to create and enforce immigration laws. SF 2340 makes it a state crime for a person to be in Iowa if they have previously been denied entry into the U.S., or been […]
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Two lawsuits filed over Iowa’s attempt to usurp federal immigration law and set up its own deportation system
Two lawsuits challenging the attempt by Republicans in the Iowa Legislature to let the Reynolds administration appropriate power belonging to the federal government in order to arrest and deport immigrants in Iowa based on their past, not current, immigration status were filed in federal court on Thursday. SF 2340, which Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law last […]
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DOJ will sue Reynolds administration if the state attempts to enforce its new immigration law
The U.S. Department of Justice has warned Gov. Reynolds that it will sue the state of Iowa if the Reynolds administration attempts to enforce SF 2340, the Des Moines Register reported on Friday. That bill, which Reynolds signed into law last month, would usurp the federal government’s enforcement of immigration laws by transferring some federal […]
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Iowa immigration advocates protest four bills they say would create barriers for legal residents
Some of the Republican-proposed bills taking aim at undocumented immigration this legislative session would also make it harder for naturalized citizens and other legal residents to live and work in Iowa, members of a migrant advocacy group said Wednesday. Members of the Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice rallied in the Capitol rotunda against four bills […]
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Claiming Biden’s border policies are ‘destroying our country,’ Gov. Reynolds joins a new ‘strike force’
Gov. Kim Reynolds has joined 25 other Republican governors in the newly created American Governors Border Strike Force that was announced on Wednesday. Despite the dramatic-sounding name and some overheated rhetoric from Reynolds in a written statement about it on Thursday (“President Biden’s disastrous border policies and lack of leadership are destroying our country.”) the […]
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Cortado: El muro de la infamia
Ningún pueblo, ningún país del mundo ha logrado desarrollarse levantando muros o el cierre de sus puertos. Históricamente, en el caso de los Estados Unidos, la facilitación de la inmigración y el flujo de mercancías de un lugar a otro han sido un elemento fundamental para el desarrollo económico, cultural, artístico, jurídico, etcétera, de este […]
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Cortado: La vida de los inmigrantes indocumentados importan
La pandemia del Covid-19 está afectando de manera diferente a las familias y personas de bajos recursos económicos. Ocurre también lo mismo con la población inmigrante que vive en los Estados Unidos, especialmente con los inmigrantes indocumentados. Los inmigrantes indocumentados contribuyen a la riqueza de los Estados Unidos y, al estado de Iowa en particular. […]
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Inside the Iowa City nonprofit teaching English to immigrants and refugees
FCP: Aprender a hablar inglés en “familia” Hace cinco años, en la zona sur de Iowa City, en el sótano de la Iglesia Good News Bible, nació un proyecto educativo que muchos inmigrantes y refugiados estaban buscando: Friendship Community Project. FCP es una organización sin fines de lucro dedicada a la enseñanza del inglés para […]
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Trump administration says international students can’t stay in U.S. if they are only taking online courses
As universities increasingly turn to online instruction to continue classes during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trump administration has decided that international students won’t be permitted to stay in the United States if they are not receiving in-person instruction. “The U.S. Department of State will not issue visas to students enrolled in schools and/or programs that […]
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The ‘long and terrifying’ journey of two friends fleeing India for Iowa City
Shubham Singh is lean, 5-foot-5 and just 22 years old. Once a civil engineering student at a technology institute in India, now Singh works in the kitchen at Masala, an Indian restaurant here in Iowa City. He is waiting for his request for political asylum to be processed by U.S. immigration. We drink tea on his afternoon break, and he tells me the
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‘We welcome you to be part of our national mosaic’: 74 people become citizens during ceremony at National Czech and Slovak Museum
For most people last Friday was just another Valentine’s Day, a day to celebrate love and eat unlimited chocolate. But for more than 70 people, Feb. 14, 2020 is significant for another reason — it’s the day they became citizens of the United States.
