Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits law enforcement agencies from asking victims of crimes about their immigration status.

Highlights:

• Prohibits any law-enforcement officer, in connection with the report, investigation, or prosecution of a criminal violation of state or local law, from inquiring into the immigration status of any person who (Sec. 1):

• Reports that they are a victim of the crime or are the parent or guardian of a minor victim of the crime; or

• Is a cooperating witness in the investigation of the crime or the parent or guardian of a minor witness to the crime.

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