(1) PUBLICATION.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall publish— 
(A) a training manual for State and local 
law enforcement personnel to train such per-
sonnel in the investigation, identification, ap-
prehension, arrest, detention, and transfer to 
Federal custody of aliens in the United States, 
including— 
(i) the transportation of such aliens 
across State lines to detention centers; and 
(ii) the identification of fraudulent 
documents; and 
(B) an immigration enforcement pocket 
guide for State and local law enforcement per-
sonnel to provide a quick reference for such 
personnel in the course of duty. 
(2) AVAILABILITY.—The training manual and 
pocket guide published under paragraph (1) shall be 
made available to all State and local law enforce-
ment personnel. 
(3) APPLICABILITY.—Nothing in this sub-
section may be construed to require State or local 
law enforcement personnel to keep the training man-
ual or pocket guide with them while on duty. 
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(4) COSTS.—The Secretary shall be responsible 
for all costs incurred in the publication of the train-
ing manual and pocket guide under this subsection. 
(b) TRAINING FLEXIBILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall make training available to State and 
local law enforcement officers through as many 
means as possible, including— 
(A) residential training at— 
(i) the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center (referred to in this sub-
section as ‘‘FLETC’’) of the Department 
of Homeland Security in Glynco, Georgia; 
and 
(ii) the Center for Domestic Prepared-
ness of the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency in Anniston, Alabama; 
(B) onsite training held at State or local 
police agencies or facilities; 
(C) online training courses by computer, 
teleconferencing, and videotape; and 
(D) recording training courses on DVD. 
(2) ONLINE
TRAINING.—The head of the 
FLETC Learning Center shall make training avail-
able for State and local law enforcement personnel 
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through the internet using a secure, encrypted dis-
tributed learning system that— 
(A) has all its servers based in the United 
States; 
(B) is sealable and survivable; and 
(C) is capable of having a portal in place 
not later than 30 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(3) FEDERAL
PERSONNEL
TRAINING.—The 
training of State and local law enforcement per-
sonnel under this section may not displace the train-
ing of Federal personnel. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 
or in any other provision of law may be construed as mak-
ing any immigration-related training a requirement for, or 
a prerequisite to, any State or local law enforcement offi-
cer exercising the inherent authority of the officer to inves-
tigate, identify, apprehend, arrest, detain, or transfer to 
Federal custody illegal aliens during the normal course of 
carrying out the law enforcement duties of the officer. 
(d) TRAINING LIMITATION.—Section 287(g) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)) is 
amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ each place 
that term appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of 
Homeland Security’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘Training described in this paragraph 
may not exceed 14 days or 80 hours, whichever is 
longer.’’. 
SEC. 8. IMMUNITY. 
(a) PERSONAL IMMUNITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, a law enforcement officer of a State 
or of a political subdivision of a State shall be im-
mune from personal liability arising out of the en-
forcement of any immigration law to the same extent 
as a Federal law enforcement officer is immune. 
(2) APPLICABILITY.—The immunity provided 
under paragraph (1) only applies to an officer of a 
State, or of a political subdivision of a State, who 
is acting within the scope of such officer’s official 
duties. 
(b) AGENCY IMMUNITY.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, a law enforcement agency of a State, or 
of a political subdivision of a State, shall be immune from 
any claim for money damages based on Federal, State, 
or local civil rights law for an incident arising out of the 
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enforcement of any immigration law, except to the extent 
that the law enforcement officer of that agency, whose ac-
tion the claim involves, committed a violation of Federal, 
State, or local criminal law in the course of enforcing such 
immigration law. 
Æ 
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