Join the Iowa City Foreign Relations Council for the latest event in their Spring 2026 Program Series.

Across the United States, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) upends small towns and rural communities by staging dramatic raids and rounding up hundreds of people in a single day.

These worksite raids fracture families, devastate local economies, and spread fear and trauma that lingers for years. Yet in the wake of these devastating raids, immigrant communities exhibit resistance, resilience, creativity, and an extraordinary determination to rebuild.

To discuss this urgent topic, Bill Lopez will be in conversation with Alejandra Escobar about his new book, Raiding the Heartland: An American Story of Deportation and Resistance. 

Presented in partnership with the Iowa City Public Library and Prairie Lights Books.