By Clark Kauffman , Iowa Capital Dispatch

An Uzbekistan native, who is being detained by federal officials for possible deportation, is the latest to sue an Iowa county over the federal policy of detaining immigrants without bond. (Photo by simpson33 via iStock / Getty Images Plus)

Another Iowa county jail is being sued for holding an individual who’s being detained by federal officials for possible deportation.

Javokhir Rahimov-Akobirovich, a native of Uzbekistan who is seeking asylum in the United States, is suing Hardin County Jail Administrator Nick Whitmore and Hardin County Sheriff Dave McDaniel in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa.

Also named as defendants are Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, Act

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