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Story390 undocumented workers were detained by federal agents at a matpacking plant in Postville, Iowa. It was the largest immigration raid of all time.
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An Iowa City group called the Sanctuary City Committee called for the adoption of a full sanctuary city policy in Iowa City.
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The Iowa City City Council opted not to adopt a sanctuary city proposal from the Human Rights Commission. The city attorney and police chief argued that such a policy would not be able to coexist with the recently adopted Security Communities policy.
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StoryNine roofers were arrested in an immigration raid in Hiawatha, Iowa.
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The HRC conducts a survey of the Iowa City immigrant community to gather information for their upcoming policy suggestions on immigration policy reform.
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The Human Rights Commission submitted a revised set of proposed immigration reforms to the City Council.
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The City Council voted to adopt some of the Human Rights Commission's proposals for making Iowa City more accessable to immigrants, including multilingual signage and more leniant personal identification requirements.
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