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Iowa AG launches investigation after sheriff refuses to work with ICE
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Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird opened an investigation into a local sheriff after he vowed to impede ICE's work to handle the illegal immigration crisis.
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Detainers, the Des Moines Register summarized, "are requests from ICE to federal, state or local law enforcement to hold a person for up to 48 hours beyond the time they would ordinarily be released. The Department of Homeland Security uses that holding time to determine whether the person should be taken into federal custody and deported."
But Iowa officials argue Marx has overstepped by not only defying the governor’s directives, but violating a 2018 law that requires local law enforcement agencies to comply with detainer requests.