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CA8 Upholds Injunction Against Iowa

January 25, 2025 (1 min read)

USA v. Iowa

"Iowa, in Senate File 2340, criminalized the presence within its boundaries of aliens who illegally reentered the United States. Aliens violating the Act are ordered to return to the country they reentered from. The Act forbids judges from abating a state prosecution due to a pending (or possible) federal determination of the alien’s immigration status. The United States sought a preliminary injunction against the enforcement of the Act. The district court1 granted it. Iowa appeals. Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1), this court affirms."

[Hats off to the American Immigration Council, the American Immigration Lawyers Association, ASISTA Immigration Assistance, the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence, Esperanza United and the Tahirih Justice Center!]