Reynolds law will be enforced with discretion of local law enforcement. If your farmer Jones was a person of color, he could be investigated to determine if had 'documents' and then arrested by Iowa law enforcement. Most of the folks working on roofs this spring have been from Central America.
Wondering when her business/economic development interests (“we need more laborers in Iowa”) will collide with her anti-immigrant (“we have to keep out those people not like us”) interests.
Probably depends on which side will enrich her most.
Thank you for this clear-eyed look at our governor’s bill. As you point out , it is just one more brick in her wall of hate. The war against immigrants will have the same “dog catches car” result as the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Besides the fact that welcoming immigrants is our own history and the only humane thing to do, we need our migrant population. They provide labor that we can’t do without. They enrich our culture in innumerable ways. This governor and legislature is part of a wave of hate that puts our state, country and world in a place of existential peril.
Reynolds law will be enforced with discretion of local law enforcement. If your farmer Jones was a person of color, he could be investigated to determine if had 'documents' and then arrested by Iowa law enforcement. Most of the folks working on roofs this spring have been from Central America.
Wondering when her business/economic development interests (“we need more laborers in Iowa”) will collide with her anti-immigrant (“we have to keep out those people not like us”) interests.
Probably depends on which side will enrich her most.
Thank you for this clear-eyed look at our governor’s bill. As you point out , it is just one more brick in her wall of hate. The war against immigrants will have the same “dog catches car” result as the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Besides the fact that welcoming immigrants is our own history and the only humane thing to do, we need our migrant population. They provide labor that we can’t do without. They enrich our culture in innumerable ways. This governor and legislature is part of a wave of hate that puts our state, country and world in a place of existential peril.
Incredibly shameful!!!
Wednesday…Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday.
It’s pretty tough.