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

Under President Joe Biden, the Justice Department opposed Iowa's immigration enforcement law. The now-Trump DOJ on Friday dismissed the suit.

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.