The Woodbury County Sheriff said Tuesday that he is holding no undocumented people on behalf of federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.
As President Donald Trump continues into a fourth week with an announced goal of deporting undocumented people, sightings of ICE officers in Iowa have set off rumors of large-scale immigration raids.
While those rumors have been unfounded, many worry about what might happen next.
Sheriff Chad Sheehan told Siouxland Public Media he has not been contacted at all by ICE officials. Sheehan said he was not certain how quickly he would have to take people into the county jail once federal officers reached out.
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has said all law enforcement personnel in the state must cooperate with ICE initiatives on immigration law enforcement.
