Skip to main content

Iowa

5 agencies #32 of 53 states by agency count 1% of local law enforcement agencies 1 Warrant Service 5 Task Force 29.1K covered

As of October 13, 2026

Agency Locations

How participation has grown

Active 287(g) agreements, since Dec 2024.

6 agreements.

024Dec ’24May ’25Nov ’25Apr ’26Sep ’26WSO 1JEM 0TFM 5

Each line counts active agency–model agreements, so an agency with two models counts once per model.

Elections in Iowa

  • 4 of 4 agencies with a known county are in counties Trump won in 2024.

Sources: MIT Election Data and Science Lab · Bolts

News coverage of ICE's 287(g) program in Iowa

Updated September 21, 2026

Iowa’s documented cooperation with ICE includes a state 287(g) task-force agreement and later reported involvement by local law enforcement in traffic enforcement and ICE detention. The record reflects a mix of formal federal delegation, jail-based cooperation and disputed enforcement practices, alongside at least one county decision not to enter a federal immigration-enforcement pact.

This summary is licensed under Creative Commons BY 4.0 (Attribution). Reuse it freely, including commercially, as long as you credit 287(g) Watch (a project of Recovered Factory) with a link back. The cited news articles remain the property of their publishers.

Iowa Agencies

5 agencies

Wright County

Municipality Signed 2026 Population 2.7K

Hamilton County

County Signed 2026 Population 7K

N/A

State Agency Signed 2025 MOA

Marion County

County Signed 2025 Population 15.5K MOA

Wright County

County Signed 2026 Population 3.9K

287(g) Watch — a public-interest journalism project. Records, corrections, and tips welcome. Data is from public records and may contain errors or omissions.

States · Timeline · Glossary · About · Downloads

A project of Recovered Factory. Developed by David Eads and Tory Lysik. Code, design, and text copyright © 2026 Recovered Factory.

Built 2026-10-20 17:14 UTC