Federal judge criticizes ICE for illegally keeping man in Iowa jail

By: Clark Kauffman

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: March 20, 2026

Words: 900

Last Updated: 15 hours, 18 minutes ago

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In a sharply worded ruling, a judge in Iowa has taken federal officials to task for insisting on a court order before complying with the law and releasing a man from the Muscatine County Jail.

In a recent court ruling, U.S. District Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger told the U.S. Department of Justice that it was “untenable that federal officials refuse to meet their obligations to follow the law” by knowingly incarcerating a man in the …

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