Venue is proper in the Southern District of Iowa because a substantial portion of the relevant events occurred or will occur in the District and because Defendants reside in the District. [...] They provide legal services to ensure that immigrants and refugees have access to the federal immigration benefits for which they are eligible, maintain the lawful immigration status to which they are entitled, and avoid the separation from family and community and the threat of persecution that results from removal from the United States. [...] The Attorney General is also required to appear in courts on behalf of the State of Iowa and is authorized to act as a county attorney to prosecute criminal proceedings, regardless of whether her assistance is required or requested. [...] Prosecution for the federal reentry crime, the decision to pursue the removal of a given person from the country, and the choice of which of the available removal processes to invoke, are matters of federal discretion. [...] An amendment was proposed to the bill, which would have permitted the abatement of prosecution if the federal government was in the process of determining the person’s immigration status.
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