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The Dream Act - Politics and Immigration Reform

posted on June 6, 2008 at 2:30 PM

The Dream Act - Politics and Immigration Reform Iowa needs workers, and immigrants want to fill that need. This episode examines the ways the state can encourage legal methods of importing the estimated 300,000 people needed to continue business as usual.

Tags: education Postville raid agriculture floods/flooding immigration Hispanic workers farmers

Discussion: Solutions to Iowa Immigration and Workforce Issues

posted on June 6, 2008 at 2:12 PM

Discussion: Solutions to Iowa Immigration and Workforce Issues Iowa needs workers, and immigrants want to fill that need. This episode examines the ways the state can encourage legal methods of importing the estimated 300,000 people needed to continue business as usual.

Tags: CIETC Postville raid agriculture floods/flooding immigration Hispanic workers farmers

News Analysis: Thursday June 05, 2008

posted on June 6, 2008 at 1:58 PM

Kay Henderson of Radio Iowa, and Ken Larson of the Marshalltown Times-Republican update host Paul Yeager on Iowa's recent headlines. Topics include news in the CIETC trial, flooding in Iowa, and comparisons between the immigration raids in Postville and Marshalltown.

Tags: CIETC Postville raid agriculture floods/flooding immigration Hispanic workers farmers

News Analysis: Sen. Barack Obama's visit to Iowa

posted on May 19, 2008 at 5:23 PM

Associated Press reporter David Pitt joins host Paul Yeager for an analysis of headline news affecting Iowans: Sen. Barack Obama's visit to Iowa.

Tags: news analysis politics economy Barack Obama Democrats campaign 2008 immigration

Iowa News Analysis: Postville Raid Aftermath

posted on May 15, 2008 at 3:19 PM

Iowa News Analysis: Postville Raid Aftermath Host Jeneane Beck and Kay Henderson, of Radio Iowa, discuss about the aftermath of the immigration-related raid at the Agriprocessor meat processing plant in Postville.

Tags: immigration news analysis politics

Iowa News Analysis: Postville Agriprocessors Raid

posted on May 13, 2008 at 10:54 AM

David Pitt of the Associated Press shares his insights on Monday morning's immigration raids at Agriprocessors, Inc. meat processing facility in Postville.

Tags: raid politics Postville immigration

Swift: One Year Later

posted on December 18, 2007 at 9:42 AM

For the nearly 30,000 residents of Marshalltown, IA, December 12, 2006, was the day their town made national headlines for all the wrong reasons. While proponents of stronger immigration policies are heartened by the rollback of illegal entries, the human and community impact of last year’s raids in Iowa endures.

Tags: immigration economy Marshalltown job market

News Analysis: December 17, 2007

posted on December 17, 2007 at 6:01 PM

Jeneane Beck of Iowa Public Radio and Ken Larson of the Marshalltown Times-Republican discuss the one-year anniversary of the Swift raids and the latest developments in the 2008 presidential campaign.

Tags: news analysis campaign 2008 politics Democrats Republicans John McCain Hillary Clinton immigration Marshalltown

Immigration Issues in Iowa

posted on December 17, 2007 at 6:01 PM

Immigration Issues in Iowa Iowa House Minority Leader Chris Rants and Sister Christine Feagan of Hispanic Ministries discuss the state of immigration in Iowa one year after the Swift raids in Marshalltown.

Tags: immigration job market economy Marshalltown

Economics of Immigration

posted on April 19, 2007 at 12:00 AM

Economics of Immigration There are currently seven million undocumented workers in the U.S. Their impact is economic, political and cultural.

Tags: economics meat packing immigration politics

Neil Harl on the Economic Impact of Immigration

posted on April 19, 2007 at 12:00 AM

Neil Harl on the Economic Impact of Immigration An extended interview with noted Iowa State University economist Neil Harl on the economic impact of immigration.

Tags: economics politics immigration web exclusive

Immigration in Storm Lake

posted on April 19, 2007 at 12:00 AM

Immigration in Storm Lake 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.

Tags: culture Storm Lake immigration

The Legal Immigration Process

posted on April 19, 2007 at 12:00 AM

The Legal Immigration Process 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.

Tags: culture immigration

Storm Lake Chief of Police Mark Prosser (Extended Interview)

posted on April 19, 2007 at 12:00 AM

Storm Lake Chief of Police Mark Prosser (Extended Interview) In this extended interview, Chief of Police Mark Prosser discusses how immigration has impacted the town of Storm Lake, Iowa.

Tags: culture Storm Lake immigration web exclusive