posted on April 19, 2007 at 12:00 AM

Despite the costs of assimilating immigrants, many Iowa communities seem to be not only coping but in fact seem to be prospering. Storm Lake is a case in point.
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posted on April 19, 2007 at 12:00 AM

With the current U.S. unemployment rate at 4.5 percent, a six-year low, the demands on the U.S. labor market far exceed the various quotas allotted for legal immigration. The complaint is that the legal immigration system is unwieldy, expensive, and fails to recognize the economic forces that are at play.
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posted on April 19, 2007 at 12:00 AM

In this extended interview, Chief of Police Mark Prosser discusses how immigration has impacted the town of Storm Lake, Iowa.
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posted on September 11, 2006 at 12:00 AM

Revisit three young Iowans, who were teenagers when the towers fell, and hear their surprisingly eclectic views on a post 9/11 world.
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posted on September 11, 2006 at 12:00 AM
In a post-9/11 world, Americans seem more willing to curb their own liberties to make themselves more secure from what they view as the world’s darker forces. Barbara Mack, Miriam Amer, and Dean Wright discuss the change in culture with Todd Mundt.
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