Iowa Capital Dispatch

A Mount Pleasant man who’s lived in Iowa since childhood is challenging his detention without bond while awaiting deportation.

Noel Lopez De La Cruz’s suit challenges a new Department of Homeland Security policy requiring Immigrations and Customs Enforcement employees to consider anyone accused of having entered the U.S. ille

De La Cruz is among a growing number of people challenging the policy, which holds that immigration judges lack the authority to even consider bond requests in such cases.

A longtime resident of Iowa is suing the federal government for holding him in jail without bond pending his potential deportation.

Noel Lopez De La Cruz, 23, of Mount Pleasant, a noncitizen who has allegedly resided in the United States since he was a small child — a span

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