‘Immigration’

Speaking to members of an anti-immigration group over the weekend, GOP gubernatorial candidate Christian Fong made efforts to compare the actions of Chinese communists in the mid-20th Century to those of President Barack Obama.

Although the net loss figures presented to U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley by Iowa dairy families last Friday were shocking, the fact that the families wanted to discuss their non-existent revenues with an elected official was expected. The same couldn’t be said, however, for the subsequent discussion about comprehensive immigration reform.

According to a spokeswoman in the advertising department of The Sioux Falls Argus-Leader, the newspaper has not run or yet been requested to run any ad copy paid for by “Friends of Sholom Rubashkin.”
Rubashkin, the former day-to-day executive at the Agriprocessors meatpacking plant in Postville, recently had his federal trial moved from Iowa to Sioux [...]

The Senate finance panel just shot down an amendment to the committee’s health reform bill that would have required beneficiaries of Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program to show a photo ID in order to enroll. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the senior Republican on the Finance Committee and sponsor of the proposal, said the [...]

A video featuring Rosa Weiss, daughter of Sholom Rubashkin, is circulating throughout the Jewish community in an effort to raise funds to offset legal fees associated with the case that stemmed from the May 2008 Agriprocessors immigration raid.

Green card applications that would have otherwise been denied based solely on the applicant’s HIV status have now been placed on hold, in anticipation of a rule change from U.S. Health and Human Services that will effectively end a ban that has been in existence for more than two decades.
The Sept. 15 memo, authored by [...]

Democratic leaders in the U.S. Senate are pushing an artificial deadline for health care and, thus, pushing Republican lawmakers away from negotiations, Sen. Chuck Grassley said Tuesday in a statement.
Grassley also returned to two debunked rumors about the health care bill, that it will provide money for abortion and that it will provide health insurance [...]

In a letter to congressional colleagues, U.S. Rep. Steve King of Kiron is asking for support for South Carolina Republican Joe Wilson after his “You lie!” outburst during a recent presidential address.

A Jewish social justice organization is encouraging members to send a message to the new owners of the Agriprocessors plant in Postville in conjunction with the holiday Rosh Hashanah.
Jewish Community Action, an organization that has remained involved in Postville in the wake of the May 2008 immigration raid at the plant, has developed a home-printed [...]

Citing media accounts that prohibit seating of an impartial jury, U.S. District Court Judge Linda R. Reade ruled Tuesday that a trial for four former Agriprocessors supervisors will be moved to Sioux Falls, S.D.