Legislation requiring local law enforcement to enter agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on immigration law enforcement will not advance this session, Rep. Steven Holt, R-Denison said Tuesday.

A man from El Salvador wanted for homicide in his home country and believed to be associated with the MS-13 gang was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Iowa last week during a routine traffic stop.

All state and local law enforcement agencies in Iowa would be required to work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to identify and detain immigrants who don’t have legal status under a bill advanced Thursday by Republicans on an Iowa House subcommittee.

In the Iowa Legislature, a bill that would require local police to partner with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials on immigration enforcement won’t advance ahead of a key deadline coming on Friday,

Lawmakers advanced House Study Bill 187 Thursday, which would require every law enforcement agency in the state to enter into written memorandums of agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

An Iowa house subcommittee advanced a bill that could require local law enforcement to assist with federal immigration policy.

Despite outcry from immigrant rights groups and legal concerns about due process, Iowa lawmakers gave initial approval Thursday to a measure that would require every law enforcement agency in Iowa

The new legislation would make it a felony for any Iowa law enforcement officer who knowingly and intentionally fails to cooperate with federal immigration officials

In the Iowa Legislature, a bill that would require local police to partner with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials on immigration enforcement won’t advance ahead of a key deadline coming on Friday,

A bill that would have required local police to partner with federal immigration enforcement activities has been tabled and likely won’t be revived during the 2025 legislative session. Iowa House Judiciary Committee Chair Steven Holt of Denison says he decided not to advance the bill because of concerns from law enforcement groups.

State and local law enforcement officers in Iowa would have to assist U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in apprehending and detaining individuals who are in the country illegally under a bill in the Iowa legislature that critics are calling “anti ...

Immigrant rights advocates filled a subcommittee room at the Iowa Capitol Thursday as tensions flared over a new immigration bill. The GOP is proposing legislat