2020 Iowa Code
Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT
Chapter 27A - ENFORCEMENT OF IMMIGRATION LAWS
Section 27A.4 - Restriction on enforcement of immigration law prohibited.

27A.4 Restriction on enforcement of immigration law prohibited.

1. A local entity shall not adopt or enforce a policy or take any other action under which the local entity prohibits or discourages the enforcement of immigration laws.

2. A local entity shall not prohibit or discourage a person who is a law enforcement officer, corrections officer, county attorney, city attorney, or other official who is employed by or otherwise under the direction or control of the local entity from doing any of the following:

a. Inquiring about the immigration status of a person under a lawful detention or under arrest.

b. Doing any of the following with respect to information relating to the immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any person under a lawful detention or under arrest, including information regarding the person’s place of birth:

(1) Sending the information to or requesting or receiving the information from United States citizenship and immigration services, United States immigration and customs enforcement, or another relevant federal agency.

(2) Maintaining the information.

(3) Exchanging the information with another local entity or a federal or state governmental entity.

c. Assisting or cooperating with a federal immigration officer as reasonable or necessary, including providing enforcement assistance.

d. Permitting a federal immigration officer to enter and conduct enforcement activities at a jail or other detention facility to enforce a federal immigration law.

2018 Acts, ch 1089, §4, 12