By F. Amanda Tugade , Des Moines Register

Eldora, IA — On a September afternoon, Tim Farmer climbed into his truck, plugged his laptop charger into a car USB port and logged onto a Zoom call with Escucha Mi Voz . For over an hour, while parked outside a diner, the Perry lawyer met three families and the Iowa City immigration rights group to offer free legal help and answer questions about their immigration statuses.

Like clockwork with each family, Farmer sat up, flashed a soft smile and reintroduced himself as new faces emerged onto the screen.

“Soy Tim Farmer. Soy abogado,” he said, introducing himself as a lawyer to each of them in Spanish.

Farmer spent Tuesday, Sept. 16 on the road, driving an hour and a half from his office in Perry to Eldora to meet a client bein

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