Signed by Governor Kim Reynolds

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with House amendments and pass a bill that requires local law enforcement agencies to comply with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer requests.

Highlights:

• Requires local law enforcement agencies which have in custody individuals subject to an ICE detainer request to comply with any instruction made in the detainer request and in any other legal document made available by the federal government (Sec. 2).

• Defines “immigration detainer request” as a written federal request to a local law enforcement agency to detain an individual, accompanied by a Homeland Security Form I-200 or I-205 signed by an ICE officer (Sec. 1).

• Requires courts, in cases where an individual subject to a detainer request is to be confined to a correctional facility, to issue an order that such individual shall be transferred to a federal facility for the final 7 days of their sentence (Sec. 3).

• Prohibits localities from adopting or enforcing policies that prohibit or discourage the enforcement of federal immigration law (Sec. 4).

• Prohibits localities from prohibiting or discouraging any employee from inquiring as to the immigration status of any individual who is under lawful detainment or from engaging in the following activities (Sec. 4):

• Sending information to or requesting information from relevant federal agencies;

• Maintaining information; or

• Exchanging information with other government entities.

• Prohibits localities from adopting or enforcing policies which prohibit or discourage law enforcement from cooperating with immigration authorities or which prohibit or discourage immigration authorities from entering correctional facilities (Sec. 4).

• Specifies that localities which intentionally violate this statute are ineligible for state funds (Sec. 9).

• Authorizes localities, no earlier than 12 months after a court’s final determination that such locality has intentionally violated this statute, to seek a declaration of the court that such locality is in full compliance with this statute, one month after which such locality shall again become eligible for state funds (Sec. 10).

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass with amendment a bill that requires local law enforcement agencies to comply with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer requests.

Highlights:

• Requires local law enforcement agencies which have in custody individuals subject to an ICE detainer request to comply with any instruction made in the detainer request and in any other legal document made available by the federal government (Sec. 2).

• Defines “immigration detainer request” as a written federal request to a local law enforcement agency to detain an individual, accompanied by a Homeland Security Form I-200 or I-205 signed by an ICE officer (Sec. 1).

• Requires courts, in cases where an individual subject to a detainer request is to be confined to a correctional facility, to issue an order that such individual shall be transferred to a federal facility for the final 7 days of their sentence (Sec. 3).

• Prohibits localities from adopting or enforcing policies that prohibit or discourage the enforcement of federal immigration law (Sec. 4).

• Prohibits localities from prohibiting or discouraging any employee from inquiring as to the immigration status of any individual who is under lawful detainment or from engaging in the following activities (Sec. 4):

• Sending information to or requesting information from relevant federal agencies;

• Maintaining information; or

• Exchanging information with other government entities.

• Prohibits localities from adopting or enforcing policies which prohibit or discourage law enforcement from cooperating with immigration authorities or which prohibit or discourage immigration authorities from entering correctional facilities (Sec. 4).

• Specifies that localities which intentionally violate this statute are ineligible for state funds (Sec. 9).

• Authorizes localities, no earlier than 12 months after a court’s final determination that such locality has intentionally violated this statute, to seek a declaration of the court that such locality is in full compliance with this statute, one month after which such locality shall again become eligible for state funds (Sec. 10).

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires local law enforcement agencies to comply with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer requests.

Highlights:

• Requires local law enforcement agencies which have in custody individuals subject to an ICE detainer request to comply with any instruction made in the detainer request and in any other legal document made available by the federal government (Sec. 2).

• Defines “immigration detainer request” as a federal request to a local law enforcement agency to detain an individual, including written and verbal requests (Sec. 1).

• Requires courts, in cases where an individual subject to a detainer request is to be confined to a correctional facility, to issue an order that such individual shall be transferred to a federal facility for the final 7 days of their sentence (Sec. 3).

• Prohibits localities from adopting or enforcing policies that prohibit or discourage the enforcement of federal immigration law (Sec. 4).

• Prohibits localities from prohibiting or discouraging any employee from inquiring as to the immigration status of any individual who is under lawful detainment or from engaging in the following activities (Sec. 4):

• Sending information to or requesting information from relevant federal agencies;

• Maintaining information; or

• Exchanging information with other government entities.

• Prohibits localities from adopting or enforcing policies which prohibit or discourage law enforcement from cooperating with immigration authorities or which prohibit or discourage immigration authorities from entering correctional facilities (Sec. 4).

• Specifies that localities which intentionally violate this statute are ineligible for state funds (Sec. 9).

• Authorizes localities, no earlier than 12 months after a court’s final determination that such locality has intentionally violated this statute, to seek a declaration of the court that such locality is in full compliance with this statute, one month after which such locality shall again become eligible for state funds (Sec. 10).

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