The attorney for an immigration detainee held in the Polk County Jail says federal officials maliciously staged a “sham” court hearing orchestrated to keep his client behind bars.
The case involves Suraj Vasal, who four years ago came to the United States from India seeking asylum and was then released on his own recognizance.
Iowa gubernatorial candidate Zach Lahn eagerly champions the unconventional, hands-on private school he helped launch in Kansas as the best model for reinventing schools.
The Democratic candidate for Iowa secretary of agriculture told Iowa State Fair attendees Saturday that “the outrage has finally arrived” for the state of Iowa’s water, and said... more
The empty chairs represent the 'no show' Scott County Republicans at last Saturday's public forum sponsored by the Metrocom Branch of the NAACP and the League of United Latin American Citizens.
A judge has ordered the federal government to immediately release an immigrant held in an Iowa jail, saying it’s “hard to take seriously” the U.S. Department of Justice’s arguments in the case.