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Maria Villarroel

Justice Department threatens legal action against Iowa over controversial immigration law

The law allows Iowa officers to arrest undocumented immigrants who have previously been deported or barred from entering the country (Credit: Reuters)

The U.S. Department of Justice said it will sue Iowa if it doesn't backtrack on the implementation of a new immigration law criminalizing "illegal re entry," a top DOJ official said in a statement.

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, according to a letter obtained by the Des Moines Register.

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