{"id":1034,"date":"2008-04-30T14:45:32","date_gmt":"2008-04-30T14:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/166.62.41.2\/~holaamericanews\/2008\/04\/30\/iowa-house-passes-anti-immigration-bill\/"},"modified":"2008-04-30T14:45:32","modified_gmt":"2008-04-30T14:45:32","slug":"iowa-house-passes-anti-immigration-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/iowa-house-passes-anti-immigration-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa House Passes Anti-Immigration Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"holaa-1820032684\" class=\"holaa-before-content\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesperformingarts.org\/whats-on\/series\/summerarts\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"HI-SummerSeries-728&#215;90-SP\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-728x90-SP.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-728x90-SP.jpg 728w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-728x90-SP-300x37.jpg 300w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HI-SummerSeries-728x90-SP-696x86.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/><p>The Iowa State House voted to impose tougher penalties on businesses whose owners knowingly hire an undocumented worker. The bill also plans on stopping the &ldquo;independent contractor&rdquo; jobs that many undocumented workers take because they are not allowed to work. Many construction companies would pay the workers cash and label them &ldquo;independent contractors.&rdquo; The undocumented would also be unable to bail themselves out of jail.<br \/>  <!--more--> <br \/> House File 2686 would detain undocumented people who have been arrested until the charges are resolved or until federal officials take them. The bill passed the House 82-16 and House majority leader Kevin McCarthy, (D-Des Moines) said that Democrats are sending a message to the federal government to deal with the issue of immigration. The few opponents the bill had argued that the bill overreacted and some Republicans argued &ldquo;it was political cover.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> House Minority Leader, Christopher Rants (R-Sioux City) told the Des Moines Register that the bill passed, with some Republicans calling it a ploy during an election year but that one didn&rsquo;t &ldquo;need to worry that this will ever become law or reach the governor&rsquo;s desk.&rdquo;<\/p><div id=\"holaa-2543832536\" class=\"holaa-ad-inside-articles-2\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/yourlifeiowa.org\/learn\/drugs\/prescription-drugs-are-still-drugs?&#038;utm_campaign=FY2026_SPFRx_PrescriptionDrugs&#038;utm_content=Solo_Debe&#038;utm_medium=display&#038;utm_source=INA%20Spanish\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"287-10562_SPFRx_PrescriptionDrugs_PushBottle_StaticBanner_Spanish_v2_Solo Debe_300x250\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/287-10562_SPFRx_PrescriptionDrugs_PushBottle_StaticBanner_Spanish_v2_Solo-Debe_300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/>\n<p> The bill requires employers to check driver&rsquo;s licenses or id&rsquo;s from Iowa or its surrounding areas. Businesses have ten days to verify and must sign a &ldquo;penalty of perjury&rdquo; form that the person is &ldquo;facially validated.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> However, please note that the bill still needs to pass the Iowa Senate and be signed by the governor before it can become law.  <\/p>\n<div id=\"holaa-1787557872\" class=\"holaa-after-content\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesperformingarts.org\/whats-on\/series\/summerarts\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"HI-SummerSeries-300&#215;250-SP\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/HI-SummerSeries-300x250-SP.jpg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Iowa State House voted to impose tougher penalties on businesses whose owners knowingly hire an undocumented worker. 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