It’s likely to face legal challenges, which means its implementation could be delayed or even blocked in court, like the Texas law that inspired it has been so far.
In addition to Iowa’s new law, Cid says several recent immigration proposals in the state failed to clear the legislature.
This bill gives Iowa law enforcement the power to do what he is unwilling to do: enforce immigration laws already on the books.
A similar trend unfolded after Arizona passed a controversial immigration law in 2010, says Anand Balakrishnan, a senior staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union’s Immigrant Rights Project.
Estefania Mondragon, executive director of PODER of Idaho, hopes a proposed immigration law won't pass there.
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