A bill to discontinue a Federal program that authorizes State and local law enforcement officers to investigate, apprehend, and detain aliens in accordance with a written agreement with the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and to clarify that immigration enforcement is solely a function of the Federal Government.

Bill: 115-s-303
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2017-02-03
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

Citizenship and naturalization

Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Department of Homeland Security

Detention of persons

Immigration status and procedures

Intergovernmental relations

Law enforcement officers

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2017-02-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-02-03
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that the authority to inquire about or verify immigration or citizenship status and to investigate, apprehend, arrest, or detain an individual for a violation of such Act is restricted to immigration officers and authorized employees of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and subject to limits set forth in other provisions of law. </p> <p>DHS authority to enter into written agreements with a state or state subdivision to perform immigration-related investigations, apprehensions, or detentions of aliens in the United States is eliminated. The bill exempts from the restriction under this bill DOJ authority to enter into other state and local agreements: (1) in the event of an actual or imminent mass influx of aliens representing urgent circumstances; and (2) with respect to immigration-related detentions in non-federal facilities, including personnel and facilities construction. The bill also exempts from such restriction state and local enforcement authority to arrest and detain certain previously-deported illegal aliens who have been convicted of a felony.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 303 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 3, 2017 Mr. Booker (for himself, Mr. Schatz , Ms. Hirono , Mr. Durbin , Ms. Harris , Mr. Merkley , and Mr. Carper ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To discontinue a Federal program that authorizes State and local law enforcement officers to investigate, apprehend, and detain aliens in accordance with a written agreement with the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and to clarify that immigration enforcement is solely a function of the Federal Government.

1. Rescission of State and local immigration enforcement authority Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1357(g) ) is amended to read as follows: (g) Except as provided in paragraphs (10) and (11) of section 103(a), in section 274(c), and in section 439 of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 ( 8 U.S.C. 1252c ), the authority to inquire about or verify immigration or citizenship status and to investigate, apprehend, arrest, or detain an individual for a violation of this Act or any regulation authorized by this Act is restricted to immigration officers and authorized employees of the Department of Homeland Security and subject to limits set forth in other provisions of law. .