To Be Announced...

I guess I'm not too surprised that the story of Marion Mayor John Nieland hasn't made it much further beyond the Cedar Rapids Gazette and our local TV stations. It's still troubling to me.

I've been searching for any reference to the story and haven't seen a peep in the state's largest newspaper, the Des Moines Register (search results).

Lunby applauds mayor's plan to round up illegal immigrants

DES MOINES - Sen. Mary Lundby applauded Marion Mayor John Nieland’s plan to round up illegal immigrants who, he said, are taking jobs away from community residents.

Nieland, who is up for re-election this year, said Tuesday he will ask other mayors in the Technology Corridor to join him in ridding their communities of illegal workers.

“I applaud Mayor Nieland for getting out there - even though it's not popular - and saying that Marion is a safe community and now we want to make it a fair community for people who want a job,” Lundby, the Senate Republican leader, whose district includes Marion, said today. “Illegal immigrants shouldn’t be here. Period. They're breaking the law and we have an obligation to uphold the law.”

The support of the Senate Republican leader should give the news item a bit of a boost. I'll keep checking.

Immigration is a federal issue, so Nieland decided to have a Marion police officer train with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement so the officer can handle immigration issues.

Marion’s officer will be the first such local law enforcement officer in Iowa to team up with ICE, Nieland said.

I can understand the major press not being all that giddy over his stance on illegal immigrants, but surely a completely objective press would see the value in mentioning that Marion with be the first city in Iowa to have an officer team up with the ICE (formerly INS) is big news.

If it were the first city in Iowa to ban sex offenders from their city limits...

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