DOJ Sues Over Iowa Law Letting Cops Arrest Migrants

ABC News reports:

The Department of Justice and civil rights groups filed two separate lawsuits on Thursday aiming to block a controversial immigration law — known as SF 2340 — from going into effect in Iowa.

SF 2340 authorizes local law enforcement officials to arrest migrants who have previously been deported or removed from the country, or who have been denied entry in the past. The state lawmakers passed the law last month and Gov. Kim Reynolds signed it, it’s scheduled to go into effect on July 1.

The law was largely shaped after a similar law in Texas — Senate Bill 4, also known as SB 4 — which is currently blocked from going into effect while its constitutionality is decided by the courts.

Read the full article. The DOJ holds that Supreme Court precedent makes it clear that only the federal government is authorized to deal with immigration issues.

The Department of Justice and civil rights groups filed two separate lawsuits on Thursday aiming to block a controversial immigration law — known as SF 2340 — from going into effect in Iowa. https://t.co/WYlygBEGyI

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