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Maria Villarroel

Iowa defends new Texas-like immigration law allowing criminal charges be brought to some immigrants

The DOJ and civil rights groups coalition argue SF2340 is unconstitutional, but Iowa says it is within their rights to enforce laws. (Credit: AFP / Brendan Smialowski)

Iowa defended its new immigration law from lawyers for the U.S. Department of Justice and a coalition of civil rights groups, arguing that its new measures to allow criminal charges to be brought to undocumented immigrants does not infringe federal authority.

In the lawsuit, lawyers for the U.S. Department of Justice and the civil rights groups are seeking a temporary or permanent injunction of the law, which goes into effect July 1 unless blocked by the courts.

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