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  1. March 14, 2025

    DOJ Drops Biden-Era Suit Over Iowa Immigration Law

    The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday voluntarily dropped a lawsuit lodged under the former Biden administration that challenged Iowa legislation empowering state officials to arrest and remove previously deported noncitizens, months after the Eighth Circuit upheld an order blocking the law.

  2. June 17, 2024

    Iowa's Controversial Immigration Law Temporarily Blocked

    An Iowa federal judge Monday temporarily blocked a controversial state law empowering local officials to arrest and remove previously deported individuals, even if they're now authorized to be in the country, ruling that the measure is trumped by federal law and therefore invalid.

  3. June 10, 2024

    Permanent Residents Say Iowa Removal Law Will Ensnare Them

    Immigrant advocacy group Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice responded on Monday in Iowa federal court to the state's argument that lawful permanent residents are exempted from a law empowering officials to arrest and remove previously deported noncitizens, saying no such exception exists.

  4. June 03, 2024

    Iowa Says State Immigration Law Is Constitutionally Sound

    Iowa has urged a federal judge to shoot down attempts to block a new state immigration law set to take effect July 1 empowering state officials to arrest noncitizens who were previously deported, saying it doesn't usurp federal immigration authority.

  5. May 29, 2024

    Iowa Immigration Law Challengers Want Identities Kept Secret

    Two women using pseudonyms to challenge an Iowa law empowering state officials to deport certain immigrants resisted the state attorney general's efforts to publicly identify them, saying they fear the threat of removal as well as persecution from anti-immigrant extremists.

  6. May 22, 2024

    Iowa AG Says Immigration Law's Critics Must Unmask To Sue

    Iowa's attorney general called on an Iowa federal court to force two immigrants challenging a law that provides state officials with deportation powers to reveal their identities, saying the pair haven't shown they would face serious danger if unmasked.

  7. May 21, 2024

    Green Card Holders Risk Removal Under Iowa Law, AILA Says

    The American Immigration Lawyers Association is backing a nonprofit's challenge to an Iowa law empowering state officials to remove previously deported noncitizens, saying the law criminalizes many who otherwise have a right to stay in the U.S., including lawful permanent residents.

  8. May 09, 2024

    Iowa Immigration Law Tramples On Feds' Authority, Suits Say

    The U.S. Department of Justice and a nonprofit filed separate lawsuits on Thursday challenging Iowa legislation that empowers state officials to arrest and remove noncitizens who were previously deported, arguing the statute usurps federal authority over immigration.