US EditionIowa immigrant group is alarmed by a state lawmaker’s demand for confidential information
- Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice refused a Feb 24 directive from a state lawmaker in Iowa.
- Rep. Charley Thomson, chairman of the state House committee, sent the directive seeking private organizational details.
- Thomson's directive requested private information about the group's clients, donors, and members.
- An attorney for the group stated, "it is not a legally valid request."
- The organization's refusal raises concerns about potential abuse of process and committee authority.
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An Iowa immigrant rights organization refuses to comply with the demands of a legislator to provide private details about customers, donors and members of the non-profit organization, calling it intimidation by public officials in the midst of a national offensive against immigration. The directive dated February 24 was sent to the Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice by the chairman of the state House government oversight committee, Representative…
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The entrance to Española Valley High School in an undated photo. Local teachers' union officials said administrators at this high school asked teachers to collect information about students' immigration data. (Photo courtesy EVHS)A teacher at an Española high school recently sounded the alarm after a principal requested teachers fill out a database of student information, including citizenship status, as part of an abruptly announced standardize…
WEEKLY FIGURES. The immigrants were nearly 50 million in 2023, representing 14.3 per cent of the American population, a level close to the 14.8 per cent peak reached in 1890.
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Iowa immigrant group is alarmed by a state lawmaker's demand for confidential information
A state lawmaker has demanded that an Iowa immigrant rights organization turn over private details about the nonprofit’s legal clients, donors and list of members.
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