MIAMI.- The Supreme Court maintains the status under review of the constitutionality of Texas Law SB4, against irregular migration in that jurisdiction, while a new legal text enters the scene, this time from the governor of the state of Iowa, Kim Reynolds .
When the law takes effect, scheduled for July 1, police can arrest certain migrants who are undocumented.
According to this regulation, any person who is within the state and who has previously been prohibited from entering the country, or has a previous deportation record, would be committing a state crime.
That is, migrants who have pending deportation orders, who have previously been expelled from the US or who have previously been denied entry will be the main affected.
With the approval of this state measure SF 2340, Iowa joins other Republican states such as Texas, where state officials are given the power to detain suspected illegal immigrants, as well as state judges to order their deportation. This Lone Star State rule is currently blocked while a federal appeals court considers its constitutionality.
Leave the country or be prosecuted
In Iowa’s policy, once migrants are arrested they will have two options: accept a judge’s order to leave the country or be prosecuted. In the first option, the judge is required to present a method of transportation for the detained person to leave the country, as well as provide a police officer or a state agency to supervise the migrants’ departure from the country. Those who resist leaving could face more serious charges.
Although the new law requires the state to identify the departure transportation and provide supervision by a law enforcement officer, deportation is still a federal process, so the new legislation in Iowa could present various legal challenges, as does the Texas SB4, which is stalled in the Supreme Court after being challenged by the United States Department of Justice.
The Texas law is stalled in the courts after being challenged by the United States Department of Justice, which considers that it conflicts with the federal government’s immigration authority, AP said.
In Iowa and across the country, Republican leaders have accused President Joe Biden of neglecting his responsibility to enforce federal immigration law.to which some governors have proposed various strategies at the state level.
Since the bill has already been approved and signed by Governor Kim Reynolds, the law will go into effect in Iowa starting July 1, unless the Department of Justice rules on the matter and requests a review before the highest court of the United States, as the law itself represents a conflict with the immigration authority of the federal government.
Local groups protest
Local immigrant rights groups in Iowa, such as the Migrant Justice Movement, have been protesting throughout the year against this state measure. They have cheered: “We know we all belong here, Iowa is our home and we will stand together as workers, families and allies to defend each other.”
They regret the choice that the governor made because with the signing of this regulation “she is failing the newly arrived Iowans and those of a lifetime.”
The Government of Mexico reacted to the law and stated that it will not sit idly by.. He plans to explore legal resources and advice to help those Mexicans who find themselves unprotected by the Iowa government.
The Iowa law reiterates that, like the Texas law, it could lead to criminal charges to persons who have outstanding deportation orders or who have previously been removed from the United States or denied entry. Once under arrest, migrants could accept a judge’s order to leave the country or be prosecuted; there is no alternative to these two scenarios.
Source: US AS/ INFOBAE /AP / DIARIO LAS AMÉRICAS
