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����vlog EIGHT NEWS AT TEN STARTS NOW. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. A FEDERAL JUDGE UPHELD A BLOCK ON AN IOWA LAW THAT MAKES IT ILLEGAL FOR PEOPLE WITH PREVIOUS IMMIGRATION VIOLATIONS TO BE IN THE STATE. NEW TONIGHT, ����vlog ABIGAIL CURTIN TALKED WITH THE STATE LAWMAKER WHO SUPPORTS THIS LAW ABOUT HOW HE SAYS THIS WILL AFFECT IOWANS. ABIGAIL, SENATE FILE 2340 WAS SIGNED BY GOVERNOR REYNOLDS IN APRIL OF 2024, BUT A LAWSUIT FROM IMMIGRATION ADVOCACY GROUP THE IOWA MIGRANT MOVEMENT FOR JUSTICE AND THE ACLU OF IOWA BLOCKED IT BEFORE IT COULD GO INTO EFFECT. AND A FEDERAL JUDGE JUST UPHELD THAT BLOCK. IT’S BEEN OVER A YEAR SINCE GOVERNOR REYNOLDS SIGNED A LAW MAKING IT A STATE CRIME FOR SOMEONE PREVIOUSLY DENIED ADMISSION OR REMOVED FROM THE U.S. TO BE IN IOWA. AS OF YESTERDAY, IT’S NOT ANY CLOSER TO TAKING EFFECT, AS A FEDERAL JUDGE UPHELD THE INJUNCTION BLOCKING IT. BUT ONE OF THE LAWMAKERS BEHIND THE LAW SAYS THIS ISN’T THE END OF THE ROAD. STATES HAVE A RIGHT TO DEFEND THEMSELVES. AND AS LONG AS REPUBLICANS ARE IN CHARGE, WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. STATE REPRESENTATIVE STEPHEN HOLT SAYS THE LAW WAS ORIGINALLY INSPIRED BY A SIMILAR PIECE OF LEGISLATION OUT OF TEXAS UNDER THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. SPECIFICALLY, HE SAYS, THIS LAW DEFENDS IOWANS FROM A, QUOTE, INVASION OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. WE’VE HAD AMERICAN CITIZENS DYING. WE’VE HAD CITIZENS IN IOWA DYING AT THE HANDS OF SOME CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS, IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY GROUPS SAY THE LAW UNFAIRLY TARGETS IMMIGRANTS WITH HISTORIES, EVEN IF THEY’RE CURRENTLY HERE LEGALLY. BUT REPRESENTATIVE HOLT SAYS SOMEONE’S STATUS MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE. A PERSON WHO COMES INTO THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME PROTECTIONS AS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, OR THE SAME PROTECTIONS AS INDIVIDUALS WHO COME INTO THE COUNTRY LEGALLY. ALTHOUGH THIS ISN’T THE FIRST TIME A JUDGE HAS UPHELD AN INJUNCTION BLOCKING THE BILL, HOLT SAYS HE HOPES IOWA’S ATTORNEY GENERAL BRENNA BIRD, WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR THE LEGISLATION. IF WE DO NOT SUCCEED, THEN WE WILL. WE WILL FIGURE OUT A DIFFERENT WAY. I REACHED OUT TO BOTH THE IOWA MIGRANT MOVEMENT FOR JUSTICE AND THE ACLU. IOWA M-M-A DECLINED AN INTERVIEW IN THE ACLU WAS NOT AVAILABLE, BUT IN A PRESS RELEASE SHARED WITH ����vlog. IOWA SAID, QUOTE, THE COURT’S DECISION CONFIRMS THAT KEY MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN CRIMINALIZED SIMPLY FOR BEING HERE AND LIVING THEIR LIVES IN PEACE. THIS RULING RESTORES A SENSE OF SAFETY AND DIGNITY TO PEOPLE WHO