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Home » US Law » 2022 Iowa Code » Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT » Chapter 27A - ENFORCEMENT OF IMMIGRATION LAWS

Section 27A.1 – Definitions.

27A.1 Definitions. 1. “Immigration detainer request” means a written federal government request to a local entity to maintain temporary custody of an alien, including a United States department of homeland security form I-247 or a similar or successor form. “Immigration detainer request” includes only written federal government requests that are accompanied by any of the […]

Section 27A.10 – Reinstatement of eligibility to receive state funds.

27A.10 Reinstatement of eligibility to receive state funds. 1. Except as provided by subsection 5, no earlier than ninety days after the date of a final judicial determination that a local entity has intentionally violated the provisions of this chapter, the local entity may petition the district court that heard the civil action brought pursuant […]

Section 27A.11 – Attorney general database.

27A.11 Attorney general database. The attorney general shall develop and maintain a searchable database listing each local entity for which a final judicial determination described in section 27A.9, subsection 2, has been made. The attorney general shall post the database on the attorney general’s internet site. 2018 Acts, ch 1089, §11, 12

Section 27A.2 – Law enforcement agency duties — immigration detainer requests.

27A.2 Law enforcement agency duties — immigration detainer requests. A law enforcement agency in this state that has custody of a person subject to an immigration detainer request issued by United States immigration and customs enforcement shall fully comply with any instruction made in the detainer request and in any other legal document provided by […]

Section 27A.3 – Completion of sentence in federal custody.

27A.3 Completion of sentence in federal custody. 1. The court, in a criminal proceeding in this state in which the sentence requires a defendant who is the subject of an immigration detainer request to be confined in a correctional facility, shall issue an order at the time of sentencing requiring the correctional facility in which […]

Section 27A.4 – Restriction on enforcement of immigration law prohibited.

27A.4 Restriction on enforcement of immigration law prohibited. 1. A local entity shall not adopt or enforce a policy or take any other action under which the local entity prohibits or discourages the enforcement of immigration laws. 2. A local entity shall not prohibit or discourage a person who is a law enforcement officer, corrections […]

Section 27A.5 – Written policies.

27A.5 Written policies. No later than January 1, 2019, each state or local law enforcement agency subject to this chapter shall do all of the following: 1. Formalize in writing any unwritten, informal policies relating to the enforcement of immigration laws. 2. Update the agency’s policies to be consistent with this chapter, to require each […]

Section 27A.6 – Discrimination prohibited.

27A.6 Discrimination prohibited. A local entity or a person employed by or otherwise under the direction or control of a local entity shall not consider race, skin color, language spoken, or national origin while enforcing immigration laws except to the extent permitted by the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution of the State […]

Section 27A.8 – Complaints — notification — civil action.

27A.8 Complaints — notification — civil action. 1. Any person, including a federal agency, may file a complaint with the attorney general alleging that a local entity has violated or is violating this chapter if the person offers evidence to support such an allegation. The person shall include with the complaint any evidence the person […]

Section 27A.9 – Denial of state funds.

27A.9 Denial of state funds. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a local entity, including any entity under the jurisdiction of the local entity, shall be ineligible to receive any state funds if the local entity intentionally violates this chapter. 2. State funds shall be denied to a local entity pursuant […]