CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Immigrant advocates gathered for the first time since a towering fence was erected outside of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Cedar Rapids. An estimated 200 people joined together early on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in support of immigrants who attend check-ins at the building the Department of Homeland […]
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Towering fence nearing completion will a...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Advocates say a fence under construction that will block views of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Cedar Rapids will impede efforts to offer support to immigrants. The fence, at the building the Department of Homeland Security leases at 3351 Square D Drive SW, was nearing completion as of […]
Thousands join in peaceful ‘No Kings’ pr
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Several thousand demonstrators took to the streets near downtown Cedar Rapids as part of nationwide “No Kings” rallies against the Trump administration. Braving a brisk wind and temperatures that started near freezing, protesters held signs for more than an hour Saturday, March 28, 2026, along Eighth Avenue SE before marching to […]
Historic Preservation Commission respond...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Immigrant advocates made a last-ditch plea to a city commission to prevent a tall fence from being constructed outside of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Cedar Rapids. Though smaller in numbers than a previous effort last month, members of the public spoke out at the Cedar Rapids Historic […]
ICE disregards Historic Preservation Com...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Disregarding the Historic Preservation Commission’s objections, the Department of Homeland Security indicated it still intends to construct a tall fence around its U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Cedar Rapids. The commission will consider responding to the department’s reply regarding the proposed fence at 3351 Square D Drive SW, during […]
Historic Preservation Commission divided...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Immigrant advocates turned out in high numbers in front of a city commission unaccustomed to heated controversy, to oppose tall new fencing around the ICE office in Cedar Rapids. More than 30 people crowded in during the Feb. 26, 2026, Historic Preservation Commission meeting at the City Services Center, 500 15th […]
Details revealed for 7- and 10-foot-high...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — More details have been uncovered about U.S. Department of Homeland Security plans to install fencing in an area where advocates have been peaceably gathering outside of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office. Plans call for approximately 350 linear feet of new 10-foot-high galvanized fencing with privacy netting to the northwest […]
Hundreds gather for ICE observer trainin...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Andrea Layne made the trip from North Liberty to learn more about her rights to legally document immigration enforcement, in reaction to the killings of two observers this month in Minneapolis and an arrest closer to home last fall. “It raised my level of awareness,” Layne said of the September 2025 […]
Hundreds protest ICE during Cedar Rapids...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Demonstrators braved the cold to peacefully protest the killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis by an ICE agent this week. Most wearing black, nearly 300 people held signs during the silent vigil along Eighth Avenue and Second Street SE, punctuated by cars honking in support and the toll of a […]
Advocacy group calls Cedar Rapids map co...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — After dozens of people attended the Cedar Rapids City Council meeting on Tuesday to protest the city giving a fence permit to the Department of Homeland Security, city officials on Wednesday said they are correcting a mapping “anomaly” to no longer require that permit. The immigrant advocacy group, Escucha Mi Voz […]