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Tag Archives: Immigration
ICE Seizes Immigrant Worker At Bread Garden Market In Iowa City
ICE violently seizes an immigrant worker at Bread Garden Market in Iowa City By Paul Brennan “Shortly before 11 on Thursday morning, two men who eventually identified themselves as “federal agents” violently seized a worker at Bread Garden Market on … Continue reading
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Tagged Due process, Ice in Iowa, Immigration
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Know Your Rights
ICE rolled out “Operation Midway Blitz” in Chicago yesterday. News media reported federal troops had been positioned at Great Lakes Naval Station in Chicago for more than a week, and the president announced his plans to kick off their activities … Continue reading
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Tagged #trumpresistance, Chicago, Immigration, know your rights, politics
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Book Review: Minority Rule
A decent history of American politics in the post-Obama era has yet to be written. One can’t rely upon any of the conservative principals to author one, because they have been drinking at the well of minority rule for too … Continue reading
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Tagged #iapolitics, 1965 Voting Rights Act, Ari Berman, book review, Immigration, Minority rule, politics
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Immigration Iowa – Style
In an effort to present a contrast with Joe Biden, Republicans insist upon elevating immigration as a top tier 2024 campaign issue. My issue with this is they lie, dissemble, and obstruct. Are there are many “contacts” at the border. … Continue reading
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Tagged Immigration, Immigration in Iowa
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Open Border Blarney
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day to those who celebrate! It is hard to celebrate anything these days with all the Republican fear-mongering. In any case, Saint Patrick’s efforts to convert the Pagan Irish does not rank very highly in the life … Continue reading
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Tagged Border Control, Immigration, Immigration in Iowa, immigration reform, Iowa politics, Joe Biden, Kim Reynolds
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Democratic Letters Dominate Rural Conservative Opinion Page
Check out these great letters published in the Tipton Conservative. Wherever you live, if you don’t subscribe to your local newspaper, subscribe. Support local journalism! Do Republicans Want Border Legislation to Fail? Despite diligent work by HHS Secretary Mayorkas on … Continue reading
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Tagged Border, Immigration, Rep. Marianette Miller-Meeks, Republican hypocrisy
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Ukraine, Not Immigration
I am a Cold War warrior. I was in the U.S. Military during the period NATO stood down Soviet forces at the West German border. Based on intelligence received from friends who spied on Soviet troops, we believed we could … Continue reading
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Tagged 2024 election, Ernst, Grassley, Immigration, Ukraine
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What Should We Fear?
The United States is a country where we constantly balance security and liberty. During my youth, we were taught to believe that a large nuclear weapons arsenal, with a triad of land-based missiles, aircraft-dropped gravity bombs, and submarines would deter … Continue reading
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Tagged Immigration, Iowa politics, Kim Reynolds, National security, Texas border
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Let’s Remember Democratic Policies
I am so tired of reading and writing about Trump and his MAGA world. I am so sick of turning on the TV only to see the latest rumor being treated as ‘serious news’ such as the recent distraction using … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Education, Environment, Health Care & Medicare, womens rights
Tagged Democratic policies, Immigration
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An Immigrant In My Own Country
Reprinted with permission from the Summer #2 2020 issue of The Prairie Progressive, Iowa’s oldest progressive newsletter. The Prairie Progressive is funded entirely by reader subscription, available primarily in hard copy for $12/yr. Send check to PP, Box 1945, Iowa … Continue reading
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Tagged immigrants, Immigration, Iowa labor, labor, Workers comensation
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