This week, Good Neighbors Network covers the new federal public-charge rule taking effect September 18, the unresolved TPS situation for Salvadorans and Iowa Medicaid changes beginning October 1. We also have updates on Haitian deportations, Iowa’s measles outbreak, the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and developments in the wars involving Ukraine and Iran.

We also share a community announcement about the September 26 car wash fundraiser hosted by World Grace Project, St. John Lutheran Church and Bethesda Haitian Church of God Iowa to benefit Waterloo’s Haitian community.

This week, immigration enforcement increased in Springfield’s Haitian community, deportation flights to Haiti became more frequent, and a federal appeals court kept limits on one IRS data-sharing program with immigration enforcement. We also have an update on Salvadoran Temporary Protected Status, rising fuel costs tied to fighting in the Middle East, the war in Ukraine, and important Iowa news about Medicaid, data centers and water quality.

This week, immigration enforcement increased sharply in Springfield, Ohio, while deportation flights to Haiti also became more frequent. We also look at new Justice Department training encouraging immigration judges to limit delays in court cases, federal court decisions affecting USCIS application holds and immigrant visa processing, a new version of Form I-864, growing election-related disputes ahead of November, Iowa’s measles outbreak, and international developments involving Iran and Ukraine.