Minutemen to rally at Iowa Capitol for border security

William Petroski, bpetrosk@dmreg.com 9:19 a.m. CDT October 6, 2014


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The Iowa Minutemen, a group that advocates for tougher enforcement of United States' immigration laws, is holding a rally from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday on the west mall outside the Iowa Capitol.

The "9th Annual Iowa Minutemen Rally and Forum on Illegal Immigration" will include speeches by several activists who endorse a tightening of the nation's border security, said Robert Ussery of Des Moines, the organization's state director.

Among the scheduled speakers will be Maria Espinoza, national director of The Remembrance Project, which advocates for American families whose loved ones were killed by undocumented immigrants. The group's "Stolen Lives Quilt," which memorializes the victims, will be on display at the event.

The rally will also hear from Dr. Lee Hieb, an orthopedic surgeon from Lake City running for governor as a Libertarian Party candidate. Another speaker is Norma Halverson, an Air Force veteran and a founding member of Oath Keepers, a group which advocates that its members, who include current and former U.S. military and law enforcement personnel, disobey orders they believe violate the U.S. Constitution. This could include orders to disarm the American people, to conduct warrantless searches, or to detain Americans as "enemy combatants" in violation of their right to jury trial, the group says.

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