Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice v. Bird

Civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit to block SF 2340, one of the worst, most far-reaching immigration laws ever passed in the state of Iowa.

This Iowa law conflicts with existing federal law and will have a number of dramatic consequences for Iowans. It creates new crimes for anyone in Iowa, including a child, who has reentered the country after being deported, even if that person is now authorized to be in the U.S.

The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa by the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Iowa, and American Immigration Council on behalf of Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice and the thousands of immigrants that the organization assists, including two individual Iowans.