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A federal judge temporarily blocked Iowa on Monday from cracking down on illegal immigrants through a recently signed law. District Court Judge Stephen Locher, a Biden appointee, ruled Monday that the federal government’s constitutional authority to craft immigration policy preempts the state’s law. The law, which was enacted in April by Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds, gives local law enforcement the authority to seek criminal penalties against illegal immigrants with standing deportation orders, or those who had been previously denied entry into the U.S. Read: Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley Tel…

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