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CEDAR RAPIDS — A seven-foot fence that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is planning to erect in front of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Cedar Rapids — in an ongoing dispute with protesters over lawn space in front of the building — will not require a permit after the city of Cedar Rapids said it has discovered an error in the property record that puts the fence on federal property.

Last month, the federal agency began blocking off the front lawn of the building with police tape in response to protests against immigration enforcement, organized by Iowa City nonprofit Escucha Mi Voz.

For most of this year, volunteers with the nonprofit have been showing up at the Ce

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