The governor of Iowa, Republican Kim Reynolds, signed a anti-immigrant law that allows the Police of that state to arrest undocumented immigrants who have been denied entry to the United States or previously deported.
With the approval of state measure SF 2340, Iowa joins other red states such as Texas and Florida that have issued laws against undocumented immigration.
The law would allow the arrest of immigrants who have been deported from the country or they have been denied entry and would force the Police of that state to verify that the foreigners are expelled from the United States again.
In a statement, Reynolds attacked President Joe Biden's government and its immigration policies as part of his arguments to support the measure.
“Those who enter our country illegally have broken the law, but Biden refuses to deport them. This bill gives Iowa officials the power to do what they are not willing to do.: enforce the immigration laws that are already in force,” added the Republican.
Immigrant advocates protested the measure that will come into force on July 1.
Reynolds is one of the governors who have supported his Texas counterpart, Republican Greg Abbott, in his challenge to the Democratic Administration.
Biden has supported a bipartisan bill that would allow restricting the asylum system to contain the irregular entry of migrants through the country's southwest border.
But Republicans in Congress refused to debate the proposal after former president and Republican candidate Donald Trump attacked the measure.
Reynolds has traveled to the Texas-Mexico border several times and deployed Iowa National Guard soldiers and state Department of Public Safety police to the border.
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