Trump’s Bailout is a Band Aid
July 26, 2018 Statement from Campaign for Family Farms & the Environment (CFFE) on President Trump’s 7.26.18 visit to Iowa President Trump’s bailout is a Band Aid for a farm economy that is hemorrhaging. We need to ask why U.S. …
Families belong together – and free!
On July 1st, 2018 the anti-immigrant law Senate File 481 (SF481) officially went into effect. SF481 forces local law enforcement agencies to work closer with Immigration Customs & Enforcement (ICE) and other federal immigration agencies and ultimat …
Anti-immigrant law SF481 officially in effect in Iowa
On Sunday, July 1, a day after thousands of Iowans stood in solidarity with immigrant families at the border for a national day of action to #KeepFamiliesTogether, Senate File 481 (SF481) officially became Iowa law. The law requires local entities – sp …
Take action on for immigrants in Iowa and at the border
Photo of our standing-room-only Iowa City meeting by Eli Shepard As we explained at this week’s packed Deportation Defense meetings in Marshalltown, Iowa City, and Des Moines, we’re organizing to: create community response teams to prevent deportations …
What do we have to do to get the Clean Water Act in Iowa?
Yesterday, CCI member Emma Schmit drove two hours — each direction — to give two minutes of testimony at the Statehouse. Why? Because she is surrounded by factory farms which is causing her hometown, Rockwell City, to wither on the vine. Emma was one …