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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Hannah Fingerhut

Iowa lawsuit says sheriff discouraged compliance with immigration law

Immigration-Iowa Sheriff - (Copyright 2024. The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

Iowa’s Republican attorney general is suing a county sheriff over his Facebook post saying his department doesn’t always need to detain people at the request of federal immigration authorities.

The lawsuit filed late Wednesday jeopardizes state funding to the county in northeast Iowa, home to about 20,000 residents, and comes amid President Donald Trump ’s campaign of mass deportations.

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