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Attorney general moves to strip Winneshiek County of all state funding
« on: March 28, 2025, 10:47:05 am »
Attorney general moves to strip Winneshiek County of all state funding
Bird says sheriff ‘left us with no choice’ but to file lawsuit
By: Clark Kauffman - March 27, 2025 4:45 pm

 Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird says the Winneshiek County sheriff violated Iowa law by discouraging law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration officials. (Photo by Jared Strong/Iowa Capital Dispatch)

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird filed a lawsuit Thursday against Winneshiek County and its sheriff, Dan Marx, for allegedly violating Iowa law by discouraging law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration officials.

The lawsuit, filed in Polk County District Court, claims that Iowa law “requires stripping Winneshiek County of state funding until the sheriff follows the procedure to reinstate the funds” by disavowing his previous public statements on immigration enforcement.

The lawsuit acknowledges that Sheriff Marx “has complied with every Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer request made of his office since Nov. 26, 2018.”
 
In a Feb. 4, 2025, Facebook post, Winneshiek County Sheriff Dan Marx, a Republican, stated that if his office received “detainer” requests to hold suspected illegal immigrants, and those requests were not vetted and approved by the courts, they would be rejected by his office.

https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/03/27/attorney-general-moves-to-strip-winneshiek-county-of-all-state-funding/
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Re: Attorney general moves to strip Winneshiek County of all state funding
« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2025, 10:48:15 am »
The sheriff's last name is certainly appropriate to the situation. :whistle:
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Re: Attorney general moves to strip Winneshiek County of all state funding
« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2025, 10:55:42 am »
Can't figure this one out.  That county is in the NE part of Iowa and borders with MN.  93% white. Mostly agriculture.  Unless they have a bunch of illegals picking corn, I don't see the Sheriffs point.
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Re: Attorney general moves to strip Winneshiek County of all state funding
« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2025, 11:06:34 am »
Quote from: Wingnut on March 28, 2025, 10:55:42 am
Can't figure this one out.  That county is in the NE part of Iowa and borders with MN.  93% white. Mostly agriculture.  Unless they have a bunch of illegals picking corn, I don't see the Sheriffs point.

Alot of them work in the meat packing plants.
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Re: Attorney general moves to strip Winneshiek County of all state funding
« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2025, 11:15:50 am »
Quote from: Free Vulcan on March 28, 2025, 11:06:34 am
Alot of them work in the meat packing plants.

And there in lies the rub.
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Re: Attorney general moves to strip Winneshiek County of all state funding
« Reply #5 on: March 28, 2025, 01:33:48 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on March 28, 2025, 11:15:50 am
And there in lies the rub.
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