Judge clears ICE’s path to deport asylum-seeker from Iowa to Congo

By: Clark Kauffman

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: April 28, 2026

Words: 753

Last Updated: 3 months ago

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A federal judge has cleared the way for ICE officials to deport a Bolivian asylum-seeker from Iowa to the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Noting that José Yugar-Cruz is part of a class of people for whom the Supreme Court has twice issued orders lifting injunctions that prohibited such deportations, U.S. District Judge Stephen H. Locher ruled this week that he had “little choice” but to deny Yugar-Cruz’s motion to have the court block his …

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