by O. Kay Henderson | Sep 5, 2019 | News, Politics & Government
Iowa Congressman Steve King says he drank from a toilet tank at a migrant detention center recently to show the water was safe for drinking. NBC News recorded King during a town hall Wednesday in Eagle Grove as he talked about touring detention facilities for...
by O. Kay Henderson | May 30, 2019 | News, Politics & Government
The former director of the Congressional Budget Office says changes in federal immigration policy should aim to ease the U.S. labor shortage. During remarks in Iowa yesterday, Douglas Holtz-Eakin said without new immigrants, the U.S. population will decline....
by Radio Iowa Contributor | May 6, 2019 | Crime & Courts, News
This week marks one year since federal immigration officials raided a concrete plant in Mount Pleasant, detaining 32 workers. On Sunday, worshipers marked the anniversary with a bilingual prayer service and a community meal at a local church. Attendees sang and prayed...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Apr 8, 2019 | News, Politics & Government
Republican Congressman Steve King says he’ll support President Trump if the president follows through on his threat to close the southern border. “But I think it was more a message than it was a policy,” King told reporters in Le Mars on Saturday....
by O. Kay Henderson | Mar 5, 2019 | Business, News, Politics & Government
A bill to force every Iowa business to check a federal database to confirm prospective employees are legal residents or U.S. citizens has cleared a senate committee. Republican Senator Julian Garrett of Indianola said it’s time for the state to act....