sistance Program under section 241(i) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(i)). 
(3) REPORT ON RESOURCES.—Not later than 
90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary and the Attorney General shall jointly 
submit to Congress a report on additional resources 
required by State and local law enforcement agencies 
to comply with the requirement of paragraph (1). 
(b) PROMOTION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT SUPPORT 
CENTER.—The Secretary shall promote the use of the 
LESC to State and local law enforcement agencies. 
(c) EXEMPTION FROM STATE AND LOCAL REPORT-
ING OF IMMIGRATION INFORMATION.—State and local law 
enforcement agencies are not required to collect and report 
immigration information relating to individuals who assist 
law enforcement agencies in the performance of their du-
ties, including as an informant, witness, or in other similar 
capacity. 
SEC. 4. DWI AND IMMIGRATION INFORMATION IN THE NA-
TIONAL CRIMINAL INFORMATION CENTER. 
(a) INCLUSION.—DWI and immigration information 
in the NCIC— 
(1) shall appear as a flag on the wants/war-
rants page of the NCIC; and 
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(2) shall be timely and readily available to State 
and local law enforcement officers while they are in 
the course of their normal duties. 
(b) MANDATORY DETENTION.—A State or local law 
enforcement officer who finds a flag for a DWI and immi-
gration violation of an alien on the wants/warrants page 
of the NCIC and who arrests the alien shall detain the 
alien in a State or local jail until the alien can be trans-
ferred to Federal custody. 
SEC. 5. STATE AND LOCAL ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL IM-
MIGRATION LAWS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 287(g) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘may’’ and in-
serting ‘‘shall’’ the first place it appears; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the 
following new sentence: ‘‘If such training is provided 
by a State or political subdivision of a State to an 
officer or employee of such State or political subdivi-
sion of a State, the cost of such training (including 
applicable cost of overtime) shall be reimbursed by 
the Secretary of Homeland Security.’’; and 
(3) by striking paragraph (9) and redesignating 
paragraph (10) as paragraph (9). 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 
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(1) REQUIREMENT
FOR
AGREEMENT.—The 
amendments made by paragraphs (1) and (3) of 
subsection (a) shall take effect on such date (not 
later than one year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act) as the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall specify. 
(2) PAYMENT
FOR
TRAINING
COSTS.—The 
amendment made by subsection (a)(2) shall take ef-
fect on the first day of the first fiscal year beginning 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 6. DETENTION AND REMOVAL OF ALIENS FOR DRIV-
ING WHILE INTOXICATED (DWI). 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 236 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘or’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (D), by adding ‘‘or’’ 
at the end; and 
(C) by adding after subparagraph (D) the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) is deportable on any grounds and is 
apprehended for driving while intoxicated, driv-
ing under the influence, or similar violation of 
State law (as determined by the Secretary of 
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Homeland Security) by a State or local law en-
forcement officer covered under an agreement 
under section 287(g),’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (f); and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(e) DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED.—If a State or 
local law enforcement officer apprehends an individual for 
an offense described in subsection (c)(1)(E) and the offi-
cer has reasonable ground to believe that the individual 
is an alien— 
‘‘(1) the officer shall verify with the databases 
of the Federal Government, including the National 
Criminal Information Center and the Law Enforce-
ment Support Center, whether the individual is an 
alien and whether such alien is unlawfully present in 
the United States; and 
‘‘(2) if any such database— 
‘‘(A) indicates that the individual is an 
alien unlawfully present in the United States— 
‘‘(i) an officer covered under an agree-
ment under section 287(g) is authorized to 
issue a Federal detainer to maintain the 
alien in custody in accordance with such 
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agreement until the alien is convicted for 
such offense or the alien is transferred to 
Federal custody; 
‘‘(ii) the officer is authorized to trans-
port the alien to a location where the alien 
can be transferred to Federal custody and 
shall be removed from the United States in 
accordance with applicable law; and 
‘‘(iii) the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity shall reimburse the State and local 
law enforcement agencies involved for the 
costs of transporting aliens when such 
transportation is not done in the course of 
their normal duties; or 
‘‘(B) indicates that the individual is an 
alien but is not unlawfully present in the 
United States, the officer shall take the alien 
into custody for such offense in accordance with 
State law and shall promptly notify the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security of such apprehen-
sion and maintain the alien in custody pending 
a determination by the Secretary with respect 
to any action to be taken by the Secretary 
against such alien.’’. 
(b) REMOVAL FOR DWI.— 
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