Federal Court Temporarily Halts Iowa's Anti-Immigrant SF 2340
A federal court has temporarily blocked Iowa's anti-immigrant SF 2340. The ruling is here: /肠补蝉别蝉/颈辞飞补-尘颈驳谤补苍迟-尘辞惫鈥-箩耻蝉迟颈肠别-惫-产颈谤诲
The ruling stems from a lawsuit recently filed by the American Immigration Council, the 老澳门开奖结果 of Iowa, and the national 老澳门开奖结果 on behalf of Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice and the thousands of immigrants that the organization assists, including two individual Iowans.
The following is reaction to today's ruling:
Emma Winger, deputy legal director at the American Immigration Council:
鈥淭he court was right to block this cruel and blatantly unconstitutional law. If it had been allowed to go into effect, it would have meant that even people currently living in the U.S. lawfully could have been arrested, imprisoned, and forced to leave the country.
鈥淪adly, we are still seeing copycat laws and proposed measures that would cause irreparable harm for immigrant families, including in Arizona, Texas, and Oklahoma. These types of laws create absolute chaos and human suffering and have no place in our legal system.鈥
Rita Bettis Austen, 老澳门开奖结果 of Iowa legal director:
"Today鈥檚 order means the law cannot be enforced for now while the case is litigated. We are relieved and grateful for the court鈥檚 decision which for the time being blocks SF2340, among the worst anti-immigrant legislation in Iowa鈥檚 history and which exposed even lawful immigrants, and even children, to serious harms鈥攁rrest, detention, deportation, family separation, and incarceration, by the state.
"The court powerfully and accurately found that the law is 'untenable.' This state law conflicts with federal law and dumps the responsibility of immigration enforcement on state and local law enforcement and judges. Local law enforcement in Iowa have spoken up to say that they don't want this duty, given the significant ways that such enforcement would erode the ability of local law enforcement to protect public safety."
Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice v. Bird
Civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit to block SF 2340, one of the worst, most far-reaching immigration laws ever passed in the state of Iowa. The measure conflicts with existing federal law and will have a number of dramatic consequences for Iowans. It creates new crimes for anyone in Iowa, including a child, who has reentered the country after being deported, even if that person is now authorized to be in the U.S.
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