Iowa MMJ

Call Directions Website Contact the organization

Iowa MMJ A statewide membership-based legal service and advocacy organization driven and led by immigrant and refugee voices and united with allies in Iowa.

10/22/2026

Marshalltown Vota por tu Comunidad🩷

El lunes vencía la designación de Estatus de Protección Temporal (TPS, por sus siglas en inglés) para Ucrania y Sudán. A...
10/21/2026

El lunes vencía la designación de Estatus de Protección Temporal (TPS, por sus siglas en inglés) para Ucrania y Sudán. Ante las noticias recibidas por Iowa MMJ sobre el despido de beneficiarios del TPS en todo el estado de Iowa, hemos publicado un aviso dirigido a los empleadores de Iowa, que puede ser utilizado por los beneficiarios del TPS provenientes de El Salvador, Ucrania y Sudán. Si tiene alguna pregunta, comuníquese con nosotros al 515-255-9809.

¡La economía de Iowa depende de los inmigrantes y refugiados!
~
On Monday, Ukraine and Sudan's TPS designation was set to expire. As Iowa MMJ hears reports of TPS holders being fired across Iowa, we released an Advisory for Iowa employers that TPS holders from El Salvador, Ukraine, and Sudan can use. Call us at 515-255-9809 if you have any questions.

Iowa's economy depends on immigrants and refugees!

This is what grassroots power looks like! Iowa MMJ continues to bring neighbors together and have conversations about vo...
10/17/2026

This is what grassroots power looks like! Iowa MMJ continues to bring neighbors together and have conversations about voting!

❤️ Look at these amazing community members showing up and getting involved!

**Have you voted yet? Have questions about voting?** Reach out! We're here to help.

Vote for your family. Vote for your neighbors. Vote for your community!

This rule change is the latest example of the Trump administrationtaking away the legal status of people settling in the...
10/15/2026

This rule change is the latest example of the Trump administration
taking away the legal status of people settling in the U.S. and moving more people into its mass deportation agenda. The rule, announced only on Tuesday, drastically takes away any opportunity for people to prove that they are seeking safety in the U.S. from serious threats in their home country, even though they spent years proving to the government that they have a well-founded fear of
persecution if they were to return to their country.

Take action with our friends CWS here: https://cwsglobal.org/action-alerts/take-action-defend-refugees-as-trump-administration-targets-them-for-deportation/

Voter registration is coming to a community near you! Want to help us register people to vote and make sure our communit...
10/11/2026

Voter registration is coming to a community near you! Want to help us register people to vote and make sure our communities are ready for Election Day? We'd love to have you join us.
for your Community!

An Iowan daughter recently wrote about how the end of El Salvador's TPS is affecting her family. Whether your family has...
10/07/2026

An Iowan daughter recently wrote about how the end of El Salvador's TPS is affecting her family.

Whether your family has been here for generations or just arrived, every family in Iowa deserves to feel safe. Iowa MMJ calls on Congress to pass permanent legal protections for TPS holders NOW!
---
"As the daughter of someone with TPS, this has been incredibly painful to process.

I desperately wish my parents had a path forward. If there were a clear way for them to adjust their status and have the security of knowing they could remain here permanently, we would pursue it. But for families like mine, that path doesn't always exist. We have lived for years with the reality that my parents can do everything expected of them—work, pay taxes, support their family, contribute to their community, follow the requirements of their status—and still have no clear way to achieve permanent stability.

How do you prepare to uproot the life you have spent decades building? How do you save enough money to potentially start your entire life over while also paying your bills, supporting your family, and simply trying to survive? For many years, returning wasn't a realistic option because the conditions that led to TPS protections continued.

People have put down roots. Their children have grown up. Their families, jobs, homes, and communities are here. As their daughter, I wish more than anything that I could give my parents the certainty they deserve. Instead, I have to live with the fear of what could happen to them and to our family because there is no meaningful path forward available to us.

My parents are more than an immigration status. They are people who have worked incredibly hard to build a life and give their family opportunities. They are loved, needed, and deeply rooted in their community. I hope we remember that families like mine are on the other side of these decisions, wondering what happens to the people we love and the lives we have spent years building together."

Una hija de Iowa escribió recientemente sobre cómo la terminación del TPS para El Salvador está afectando a su familia.Y...
10/07/2026

Una hija de Iowa escribió recientemente sobre cómo la terminación del TPS para El Salvador está afectando a su familia.

Ya sea que su familia lleve generaciones aquí o recién haya llegado, todas las familias de Iowa merecen sentirse seguras. ¡Iowa MMJ insta al Congreso a aprobar protecciones legales permanentes para los beneficiarios del TPS AHORA!
----
"Como hija de una persona con TPS, ha sido increíblemente doloroso asimilar todo esto.

Desearía con toda mi alma que mis padres tuvieran un camino a seguir. Si existiera una manera clara para que pudieran ajustar su estatus migratorio y tener la seguridad de saber que pueden permanecer aquí de manera permanente, la buscaríamos. Pero para familias como la mía, ese camino no siempre existe. Durante años hemos vivido con la realidad de que mis padres pueden hacer todo lo que se espera de ellos—trabajar, pagar impuestos, mantener a su familia, contribuir a su comunidad y cumplir con los requisitos de su estatus migratorio—y aun así no tener una manera clara de alcanzar una estabilidad permanente.

¿Cómo se prepara una persona para dejar atrás la vida que ha pasado décadas construyendo? ¿Cómo se puede ahorrar suficiente dinero para, posiblemente, comenzar toda una vida de nuevo mientras se pagan las cuentas, se mantiene a la familia y simplemente se intenta sobrevivir? Durante muchos años, regresar no fue una opción realista porque las condiciones que dieron lugar a las protecciones del TPS continuaron existiendo.

Las personas han echado raíces. Sus hijos han crecido. Sus familias, sus trabajos, sus hogares y sus comunidades están aquí.

Como hija, más que nada en el mundo, desearía poder darles a mis padres la certeza que merecen. En cambio, tengo que vivir con el miedo de lo que podría pasarles a ellos y a nuestra familia porque no existe un camino significativo hacia adelante que esté disponible para nosotros.

Mis padres son mucho más que un estatus migratorio. Son personas que han trabajado increíblemente duro para construir una vida y brindarle oportunidades a su familia. Son queridos, son necesarios y están profundamente arraigados en su comunidad.

Espero que recordemos que detrás de estas decisiones hay familias como la mía, preguntándose qué pasará con las personas que amamos y con las vidas que hemos pasado tantos años construyendo juntos."

10/07/2026

in the news 🗞️

Address

Des Moines, IA
50311

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 9am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 9am - 4:30pm
Thursday 9am - 4:30pm
Friday 9am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+15152559809

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Iowa MMJ posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Organization

Send a message to Iowa MMJ:

Shortcuts

Share

Category