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Reynolds seeks congressional probe of DSM flight carrying migrants

June 10, 2021 By O. Kay Henderson

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...]

Filed Under: News, Politics / Govt Tagged With: Immigration, Kim Reynolds, Republican Party

State penalties proposed for Iowa firms hiring undocumented workers

January 26, 2021 By O. Kay Henderson

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...]

Filed Under: News, Politics / Govt Tagged With: Democratic Party, Employment and Labor, Immigration, Legislature, Republican Party

Hinson says Biden’s plan not the answer to fix immigration

January 22, 2021 By O. Kay Henderson

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...]

Filed Under: News, Politics / Govt Tagged With: Ashley Hinson, Employment and Labor, Immigration, Republican Party

King posts video of toilet/water system at detention facility

September 5, 2019 By O. Kay Henderson

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...]

Filed Under: News, Politics / Govt Tagged With: Democratic Party, Immigration, Republican Party, Steve King

Group in Iowa to tout merit-based immigration system

May 30, 2019 By O. Kay Henderson

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...]

Filed Under: News, Politics / Govt Tagged With: Immigration, Republican Party

Mt. Pleasant churches remember anniversary of immigration raid at concrete plant

May 6, 2019 By Radio Iowa Contributor

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...]

Filed Under: Crime / Courts, News Tagged With: Employment and Labor, Immigration

King says Trump’s border threat a negotiating tactic

April 8, 2019 By Radio Iowa Contributor

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...]

Filed Under: News, Politics / Govt Tagged With: Immigration, Republican Party, Steve King

E-Verify requirement gets Senate panel’s approval

March 5, 2019 By O. Kay Henderson

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...]

Filed Under: Business, News, Politics / Govt Tagged With: Democratic Party, Employment and Labor, Immigration, Legislature, Republican Party

‘Iowa Compact on Immigration’ urges federal action on issue

February 25, 2019 By O. Kay Henderson

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...]

Filed Under: News, Politics / Govt Tagged With: Immigration, Legislature

E-Verify check mandatory for all Iowa businesses under senate bill

February 20, 2019 By O. Kay Henderson

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...]

Filed Under: Business, News, Politics / Govt Tagged With: Employment and Labor, Immigration, Legislature, Republican Party

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