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Iowa immigrants fear the Trump administration’s move toward mass deportation

News Desk — Sat, 25 Jan 2025 10:47:03 +0000

President Donald Trump’s pledge to enact mass deportations has spread fear and panic across Iowa’s immigrant communities, especially in parts of the state where immigrants are a large part of the agriculture and meatpacking workforce. Community organizations and religious leaders have been inundated with frantic phone calls as warnings spread over social media. Some posts […]

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Trump’s Pick to Head U.S. Department of Agriculture Admits She Has “Lot to Learn”

News Desk — Sat, 25 Jan 2025 09:02:22 +0000

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture said during her confirmation hearing Thursday that she has “a lot to learn” about highly pathogenic avian influenza or bird flu, the virus that’s wreaking havoc on the country’s poultry industry and dairy farms. The outbreak has affected more than 136 million […]

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Federal appeals court upholds injunction blocking Iowa immigration law

News Desk — Sat, 25 Jan 2025 08:23:25 +0000

A U.S. federal appeals court has upheld the injunction blocking enforcement of an Iowa law that makes illegal immigration a state crime. The Friday decision denied an appeal from Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, seeking to allow enforcement to begin after U.S. District Judge Stephen Locher ruled in June to block the law. The measure, Senate File 2340, allows […]

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