DES MOINES - Iowa GOP Chairman Jeff Kaufmann released the following statement following President Trump's signing of Joni Ernst's Sarah's Law:

“Senator Ernst once again delivered for Iowans in a major way by getting Sarah's Law across the finish line and onto President Trump's desk. Nearly nine years ago, an illegal alien tragically killed 12-year-old Council Bluffs native Sarah Root while recklessly driving drunk. Unbelievably, because of a loophole in our justice system, he was allowed to post bail and flee the country, avoiding legal judgement and denying a grieving family justice. Thanks to Joni Ernst and all of her work, violent illegal alien offenders will no longer have the freedom to commit acts of violence with impunity in the United States of America."