Feds threaten lawsuit over Iowa law allowing arrest of undocumented immigrants who have previously been deported or barred from entering the country.

A new Iowa law imposing state criminal penalties on undocumented immigrants is unconstitutional and cannot be enforced, a federal judge ruled Monday. The "illegal reentry" law, signed by Gov.

The newest order continues the two-year back-and-forth over an Iowa law passed in 2023. Locher blocked the law in December 2023 but was overturned by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in August ...