Polk County is facing more lawsuits brought by individuals detained in the county jail by federal immigration enforcement agencies. (Photo by Caspar Benson/Getty Images)
Polk County is facing more lawsuits brought by individuals detained in the county jail by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Polk, Woodbury, Muscatine and other Iowa counties have been sued by numerous jail inmates in recent months, each alleging they’ve been unlawfully detained in county jails by ICE and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security…