Justice Department warns it will sue if Iowa tries to enforce its new immigration law

[cigaretteman]

The U.S. Department of Justice will sue Iowa to block a new immigration law criminalizing "illegal reentry" if it remains in effect, a top DOJ official wrote to Gov. Kim Reynolds and Attorney General Brenna Bird Thursday.

In a letter obtained by the Des Moines Register, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian Boynton wrote that the department "intends to bring a lawsuit to enforce the supremacy of federal law and to enjoin" the new immigration law passed as Senate File 2340.

"SF 2340 is preempted by federal law and violates the United States Constitution," Boynton wrote.

He gave the state a deadline of May 7 to suspend enforcement of the law before the DOJ takes action.

Justice Department warns it will sue if Iowa tries to enforce its new immigration law

Iowa's law allows state officers to arrest undocumented immigrants who have previously been deported or barred from entering the country.

www.press-citizen.com

 

[hawkbirch]

I love it when Kimmy wastes my tax dollars on lawsuits that could be easily avoided. She's so dumb.

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

Some hills are worth dying on. Give em hell Kim.

 

[hawkbirch]

Some hills are worth dying on. Give em hell Kim.

It doesn't bother you that Iowa does not have the power or funding or practical ability to enforce this law if it did have the power?

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

It doesn't bother you that Iowa does not have the power or funding or practical ability to enforce this law if it did have the power?

Baby steps.

 

[B1GDeal]

Man, here's another bill the tax payers are going to be on the hook for.

 

[NorthernHawkeye]

It doesn't bother you that Iowa does not have the power or funding or practical ability to enforce this law if it did have the power?

That didn't stop from saying this a month ago.

If she was serious about keeping illegal immigrants out of Iowa, she could use the Iowa National Guard on a wide variety of employers in Iowa that aren't complying with federal hiring laws. She could use them to do traffic stops just inside Iowa's borders on I80 and I35. Or she could send them to a state where they can do absolutely nothing. Her choice is not surprising at all. She's awful.

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

That didn't stop from saying this a month ago.

We just had a cash surplus and lowered taxes, the government can always find money.

 

[hawkbirch]

Baby steps.

As long as she owns the libs, right?

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

As long as she owns the libs, right?

No. It's about common sense.


Reynolds signed Senate File 2340 Wednesday, making it a crime to attempt to enter Iowa after being previously deported or barred from entering the United States. It takes effect July 1.

 

[Rifler]

This is just another play on a State attempting to provide enforcement in support of federal statutes that aren't being enforced by the Federal Government...