The law remains blocked for now. It was not immediately clear whether the dismissal request signaled a broader shift on state-level immigration enforcement.

The U.S. Department of Justice filed Friday to dismiss its lawsuit opposing a controversial Iowa law empowering local officials to arrest and deport undocumented migrants. Iowa lawmakers passed the law last year criminalizing "illegal reentry,

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Trump administration on Friday moved to dismiss lawsuits against Iowa and Oklahoma brought by the Biden administration’s Department of Justice, which challenged the states’ immigration laws making it a crime for someone to be in the state if they are in the U.S. illegally.

The law faced immediate legal challenges, and some law enforcement agencies, including the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office, criticized it.