Iowa AG launches investigation after sheriff refuses to work with ICE

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is investigating whether Winneshiek County's sheriff violated authorities instrumentality requiring instrumentality enforcement to comply with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainment requests.

Sheriff Dan Marx vowed successful a Tuesday Facebook station that his bureau would "make each effort to block, interfere and interrupt" ICE’s efforts if they bash not deliberation them to beryllium legally sound. 

"If their actions oregon paperwork are not wrong law parameters (such arsenic non-judicially vetted ‘detainers,’ which are precise antithetic than warrants and are simply an unconstitutional ‘request’ from ICE oregon different 3 missive national bureau to apprehension oregon clasp someone), past we volition marque each effort to block, interfere and interrupt their actions from moving forward," he declared.

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Iowa Republican Attorney General campaigner Brenna Bird speaks during a Republican Party of Iowa predetermination nighttime rally, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, successful Des Moines, Iowa.  ((AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall))

Detainers, the Des Moines Register summarized, "are requests from ICE to federal, authorities oregon section instrumentality enforcement to clasp a idiosyncratic for up to 48 hours beyond the clip they would ordinarily beryllium released. The Department of Homeland Security uses that holding clip to find whether the idiosyncratic should beryllium taken into national custody and deported."

But Iowa officials reason Marx has overstepped by not lone defying the governor’s directives, but violating a 2018 instrumentality that requires section instrumentality enforcement agencies to comply with detainer requests.

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Gov. Kim Reynolds responded with an unfastened connection of her own, declaring successful a letter, "Iowa instrumentality provides a sheriff shall not follow oregon enforce a argumentation oregon instrumentality immoderate different enactment nether which the sheriff prohibits oregon discourages the enforcement of migration laws. Iowa instrumentality further requires that a sheriff shall not prohibit oregon discourage a instrumentality enforcement serviceman from assisting oregon cooperating with a national migration serviceman arsenic tenable oregon necessary, including providing enforcement assistance."

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Iowa lawyer wide Brenna Bird speaks during the 2nd time of the 2024 Republican National Convention, July 16, 2024. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

The Attorney General besides responded with a property merchandise connected Thursday, noting that "We person received the Governor’s ailment against Winneshiek County and person opened an investigation." 

She besides specified that "Iowa instrumentality is clear: counties and cities indispensable comply with Iowa Code Chapter 27A, which specifically requires instrumentality enforcement to comply with ICE detainers oregon hazard nonaccomplishment of authorities funding," Bird said successful a quality release.

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Fox News Digital reached retired to the Sheriff’s bureau and did not person an contiguous reply.