Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds (R) signed a bill into law on Wednesday that would allow state police to certain illegal immigrants. The law, which goes into effect July 1, will make it an aggravated misdemeanor to be in Iowa if the individual has an outstanding deportation order or was previously removed from the country or prohibited from entering the country. Individuals charged with the offense could face up to two years in prison. The charges are bumped up to a felony offense if the individual’s former deportation order was related...

It will be a state crime for a person to be in Iowa if previously denied admission to or removed from the United States under a bill signed into law by Gov. Kim Reynolds on Wednesday. The law, which takes effect July 1, targets "certain aliens," according to the text of Senate File 2340. It has elevated anxiety in Iowa's immigrant communities and has prompted questions among legal experts and law enforcement on how it will be enforced. It mirrors part of a Texas law that is currently blocked in...