Iowa's governor is asking for a congressional investigation after unaccompanied migrant children were flown into Iowa without her office being notified. Governor Kim Reynolds and Tennessee's governor are asking the Senate Judiciary Committee to hold a public hearing about the movement of migrant … [Read more...]
State penalties proposed for Iowa firms hiring undocumented workers
Seventeen Republicans in the Iowa Senate are co-sponsoring a bill that would force every Iowa business to use the federal E-Verify system to ensure every person they hire is a citizen or legal U.S. resident. Senator Julian Garrett, a Republican from Indianola, has tried since 2012 to get this … [Read more...]
Hinson says Biden’s plan not the answer to fix immigration
Republican Congresswoman Ashley Hinson says she wants "to find common ground" where she can with President Biden, but Hinson today said Biden is "taking a partisan approach" to immigration reform. "I think proposals that are too far on either side are not the right path for us," Hinson said … [Read more...]
King posts video of toilet/water system at detention facility
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 asylum-seekers. "I actually went into … [Read more...]
Group in Iowa to tout merit-based immigration system
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. "The native born population doesn't … [Read more...]
Mt. Pleasant churches remember anniversary of immigration raid at concrete plant
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 in Spanish and English at … [Read more...]
King says Trump’s border threat a negotiating tactic
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. King believes Trump's threat was meant to … [Read more...]
E-Verify requirement gets Senate panel’s approval
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. "Employers who hire people in the country … [Read more...]
‘Iowa Compact on Immigration’ urges federal action on issue
Another group of Iowa business leaders has used the Iowa capitol as the backdrop to send a message that immigrants are needed in Iowa. The "Iowa Compact on Immigration" was unveiled today, part of a national effort to prod congress to fix the system providing guest worker visas and speed up the … [Read more...]
E-Verify check mandatory for all Iowa businesses under senate bill
Two Republican senators are advancing a bill that would require every Iowa business -- even businesses with just one employee -- to use the federal E-verify system to check the citizenship status of prospective workers. Businesses caught "knowingly" employing an "unauthorized alien" would lose … [Read more...]