Immigrants’ Rights
The ACLU of Iowa is committed to making sure that all people—regardless of race, ethnicity, country of origin, or immigration status—are treated fairly under the law.
What you need to know
2,420
That’s how many DACA recipients live, work, and go to school in Iowa as of March 2020.
5 percent
6 percent of Iowa residents were immigrants, while 5 percent were native-born U.S. citizens with at least one immigrant parent in 2018.
1.84 billion
The United States spends $1.84 billion detaining immigrants.
The fundamental constitutional protections of due process and equal protection embodied in our Constitution and Bill of Rights apply to every person, regardless of immigration status.
We fight for an immigration process based on liberty, justice, and due process for all that includes new paths to citizenship for the 50,000 undocumented immigrants in Iowa.
We’ve focused on challenging laws that deny immigrants access to the courts, impose indefinite and mandatory detention, and discriminate on the basis of nationality.
The Latest
What To Do If You Are Stopped By Police, Immigration Agents, Or The FBI
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Block on SF 2340, Iowa’s Anti-Immigrant Law
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