Iowa law allows police to arrest and deport migrants. Civil rights groups are suing

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Civil rights and immigrant rights groups are suing Iowa over a new law that makes it a crime to be in the state if previously denied admission to the U.S. The American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa and the American Immigration Council filed the suit Thursday on behalf of the Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice and two individual Iowans.

FILE - A woman listens to a speaker during an Iowa Movement for Migrant Justice rally and march, Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Des Moines, Iowa . Civil rights and immigrant rights groups Thursday, May 9, 2024, are suing Iowa over a new law that makes it a crime to be in the state if previously denied admission to the U.S. FILE - People listen to a speaker during an Iowa Movement for Migrant Justice rally and march, Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Des Moines, Iowa .

in March before it was put on hold by a federal appeals court’s three-judge panel. The panel heard arguments by both supporters and opponents in April, and will next issue a decision on the law’s constitutionality. The Iowa law, which goes into effect on July 1, would allow criminal charges to be brought against people who have outstanding deportation orders or who previously have been removed from or denied admission to the U.S. Once in custody, migrants could either agree to a judge’s order to leave the U.S. or be prosecuted.

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