[NYPOST] The Biden administration warned Republican Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Friday that legal action will be taken if it enforces a new law that allows authorities to arrest In a letter to the Hawkeye State governor, a Justice Department official called the measure unconstitutional and gave the state a May 7 deadline to suspend enforcement of Senate File 2340, which Reynolds signed into law earlier this month.
The DOJ official argued that the law "effectively creates a separate state immigration scheme," which "intrudes into a field that is occupied by the federal government and is preempted."
Boynton further claimed the law violates the Immigration and Nationality Act and conflicts "with various provisions of federal law permitting noncitizens to seek protection from removal to avoid persecution or torture."
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