CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A coalition of clergy leaders plans to hold a press conference Friday to publicly demand a meeting with U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson after they say she did not commit to meeting with them during the February congressional recess.
Escucha Mi Voz Iowa’s clergy caucus will gather at 12:15 p.m. Friday outside the Cedar Rapids Federal Building, 111 Seventh Ave. SE.
Clergy leaders say they are seeking a meeting with Hinson and directly affected immigrant families to discuss congressional funding for the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the civil rights of immigrant workers and families, and what they describe as attacks on the religious liberty and free speech of churches and nonprofit organizations…