Requires state agencies to prepare and disseminate guidance to their overseen facilities and programs on handling inquiries from federal immigration authorities seeking access to individuals or their records, which in practice limits cooperation with ICE by standardizing procedures that protect non-
Assist state agencies in the preparation of guidance to be disseminated to facilities and programs overseen by such agencies concerning inquiries from Federal immigration authorities seeking access to individuals residing or participating in such facilities or programs, or to records or other information regarding such persons.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds a duty for the Office for New Americans (under executive law §94-b) to help state agencies create guidance for facilities on responding to federal immigration authority inquiries for access to people or records. This provision substantively addresses immigration enforcement by promoting standardized, limited-cooperation practices in state-run settings, consistent with sanctuary-type policies that restrict state/local involvement in federal immigration enforcement. No other listed topics are substantively addressed. The quoted text is the new paragraph (q) added by the bill.
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