Iowan immigrant advocacy group helps distribute $600 pandemic relief checks

Escucha Mi Voz Iowa helped West Liberty become the country’s first city to start distributing $600 pandemic relief checks to farm and meatpacking workers.On Jan. 2, the Iowa City community organization helped distribute more than $150,000 in $600 direct cash payments to Congolese, Burmese, and Hispanic farm and food workers. This money was part of U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm and Food Worker Relief Grant Program fund.The program aims to provide $600 to qualifying grocery, farm, and meatpacking workers for expenses incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. The relief money is...