by O. Kay Henderson | Apr 10, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has signed a bill into law that lets Iowa officials arrest and deport people who are in the country illegally. Reynolds said the law “gives Iowa law enforcement te power to do what (President Biden) is unwiling to do: enforce...
by O. Kay Henderson | Mar 28, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
Governor Kim Reynolds is sending a small group of Iowa law officers and dozens of Iowa National Guard soldiers to assist Texas authorities with border security. This is the third time Reynolds has deployed Iowans to Texas. On Monday, 110 Iowa National Guard soldiers...
by O. Kay Henderson | Mar 19, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
The Iowa House has sent the governor a bill giving state and local law enforcement officers authority to arrest undocumented immigrants and have them deported. The vote came two hours after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed a similar Texas law to take effect, at least...
by O. Kay Henderson | Mar 8, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
Human smuggling of undocumented immigrants — to conceal them from law enforcement — would become a crime in Iowa if a bill that’s passed the Iowa House becomes law. Republican Representative Steven Holt of Denison said the human smuggling...
by O. Kay Henderson | Feb 29, 2024 | Business, News, Politics & Government
The Iowa Senate has voted to require that every Iowa business use the federal government’s E-Verify system to check whether employees and job applicants are U.S. citizens or legal residents of the United States. Senator Julian Garrett, a Republican from...