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

Iowa lawmakers advanced a bill to require law enforcement officers to enforce immigration laws or risk up to five years in prison and a hefty fine. Under House Study Bill 285, law enforcement officers,

An immigration bill that would have mandated local police cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) through trainings and serving warrants is

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

Iowa House Republicans moved a bill out of subcommittee a couple weeks ago that drew concerns from Iowa Latino communities and local law enforcement agencies. The bill would have required every law enforcement agency in the state to enter into a written memorandum of agreement with the United States Immigration and

House Study Bill 285 would make it a Class D felony for law enforcement officers, including county sheriffs, to “knowingly and intentionally” fail to comply with federal immigration officers. A Class D felony is punishable by up to five years in jail and a fine between $1,025 and $10,245.