Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds (R) signed a bill that makes it illegal for a migrant to be in that state if they were previously denied entry into the United States.
According to the Iowa Capital Dispatch, the bill gives “Iowa law enforcement officers the ability to charge people with an aggravated misdemeanor if they have been denied admission, deported or otherwise removed from the U.S., or if they currently have an order to leave the country.”
The law takes effect July 1.
“The Biden Administration has failed to enforce our nation’s immigration laws, putting the protection and safety of Iowans at risk,” Reynolds said in a statement. “Those who come into our country illegally have broken the law, yet Biden refuses to deport them. This bill gives Iowa law enforcement the power to do what he is unwilling to do: enforce immigration laws already on the books.”
The legislation mirrors a Texas law currently blocked in court.
Louisiana also proposed a bill that would allow state and local law enforcement agencies to arrest illegal immigrants.
Republican state Senator Valarie Hodges, the bill’s sponsor, wrote on X, “Louisiana is one step closer to securing our border and addressing our illegal immigration crisis.”
