A bill to indemnify local law enforcement entities for complying with valid detainers issued by immigration officers.

Bill: 115-s-1039
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2017-05-04
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

Detention of persons

Government liability

Intergovernmental relations

Law enforcement administration and funding

Law enforcement officers

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2776)

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-05-04
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p></p> <p>Subject to available appropriations, the Department of Homeland Security shall be responsible to pay the costs of any legally-cognizable injuries to third parties by any state or local law enforcement officer resulting from a request from Immigration and Customs Enforcement to temporarily detain an alien or transport the alien to a federal detention center.</p> <p>Nothing in this bill shall be construed to preclude a legal cause of action.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1039 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 4, 2017 Mr. Flake (for himself and Mr. McCain ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To indemnify local law enforcement entities for complying with valid detainers issued by immigration officers.

1. Statement of purpose The purpose of this Act is to ensure that States and localities do not incur costs by complying in good faith with immigration detainers issued by the Federal Government. 2. Federal Government costs Since immigration detainers are issued by Federal officials based upon information about an alien’s immigration status that is often only known by such officials, the Federal Government shall be responsible to pay for the costs of any legally cognizable injuries to third parties resulting from the issuance and execution of such detainers. 3. Indemnification for local law enforcement Section 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1357 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (i) Subject to available appropriations, a State or its employee, a political subdivision of a State or its employee, or an elected official that receives a request from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to temporarily detain an alien or transport the alien to a Federal detention center shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Secretary of Homeland Security from all claims by any person that may arise from good faith compliance with such request. . 4. Savings provision Nothing in this Act may be construed to preclude a legal cause of action.