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Immigrants' rights advocates are pushing back on a flurry of bills in the Iowa Legislature they said would create discriminatory policies targeting migrant communities. Iowa lawmakers are considering bills that critics claim could potentially destabilize the state's workforce, create additional barriers for low-income families and threaten support networks for people seeking safety. Erica Johnson, executive director of the Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice, said anti-immigrant rhetoric typically heats up in Iowa during election years and legislation soon follows. ...

Rep. Ben Toma, R-Peoria, Speaker of the Arizona House, has introduced legislation with hopes to curtail illegal immigration and save Arizonans big in welfare benefits but a coalition of business leaders and Democratic lawmakers are speaking out, saying it will hurt the state economy. Businesses in the state already use the federal E-Verify program to check the immigration status of potential and current employees. ...

Immigrants whose cases are heard in Omaha's Immigration Court are often denied their due process rights, according to a report from the ACLU of Nebraska. Data were collected from more than 500 pretrial hearings between April and August 2023. Due process violations included judges not informing people of their rights more than 80% of the time. ...

A legal fellow for the Nebraska ACLU said federal law guarantees that immigrants receive a full and fair removal hearing. “What we saw is a far cry from that guarantee.”

A federal office that oversees the Omaha immigration court pushes back against an ACLU of Nebraska report alleging due process violations.