Muscatine County now says ‘federal law’ bars disclosure of contract with ICE

By: Clark Kauffman

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: March 3, 2026

Words: 1,074

Last Updated: 1 week ago

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Muscatine County’s top prosecutor says federal law prohibits her from publicly releasing the county jail’s agreement to detain people picked up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Like other Iowa counties, Muscatine County has a contract with the federal government to house some of the immigrants who are picked up in Iowa by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.

That contract, and Muscatine County’s detention of the immigrants, have been …

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